Queen's House is a building of great interest in its own right. A Palladian mansion, designed by Inigo Jones - imitated in plenty of other houses of the period but never equalled - it is a masterpiece of Classical architecture, notable for its symmetrical proportions, harmoniously contrived detail and finely executed marble floors, wrought-iron ballustrades and carved and painted ceilings. With Greenwich Park as its garden Queen's House
epitomises the whole art type of royal residences.
The house, begun in 1617, was commissioned by James I as a residence for his spouse, Anne of Denmark, but was abandoned after her death. In 1629 Charles I had it done by Inigo Jones for his spouse, Henrietta Maria. The latter, who had fled in the work of Cromwell's domination, returned to the palace in 1660.
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