Queen’s House

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former royal residence historic house museum listed building palace building

Queen’s House is a former royal residence in Greenwich, London, celebrated as one of the earliest examples of classical architecture in England and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Queen’s House, Greenwich 4
Queen's House 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former royal residence ⓘ
historic house museum ⓘ
listed building ⓘ
palace building ⓘ
architect Inigo Jones ⓘ
architecturalStyle Palladian architecture ⓘ
classical architecture ⓘ
category historic house in Greenwich ⓘ
royal residence in London ⓘ
city London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
commissionedBy Anne of Denmark ⓘ
connectedTo Greenwich Palace ⓘ
surface form: Greenwich Palace site
constructionEnd 1635 ⓘ
constructionStart 1616 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
floorCount 3 ⓘ
function art gallery ⓘ
museum ⓘ
hasCollection maritime art ⓘ
royal portraits ⓘ
hasGarden yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
historicalEra early 17th century ⓘ
locatedIn Royal Borough of Greenwich NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Greenwich ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
material stone ⓘ
near Greenwich Park ⓘ
Old Royal Naval College ⓘ
Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames

Royal Observatory, Greenwich ⓘ
notableFeature Great Hall ⓘ
Tulip Stairs ⓘ
cube-shaped central hall ⓘ
loggias facing Greenwich Park and the River Thames ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy National Maritime Museum ⓘ
surface form: Royal Museums Greenwich
partOf Maritime Greenwich ⓘ
Maritime Greenwich ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Maritime Greenwich
patron Anne of Denmark ⓘ
region England ⓘ
significance first consciously classical building in England ⓘ
one of the earliest examples of classical architecture in England ⓘ
styleInfluence Renaissance architecture ⓘ
surface form: Italian Renaissance architecture
usedBy English royal family ⓘ
House of Stuart ⓘ
surface form: Stuart dynasty

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greenwich Park → adjacentTo → Queen’s House ⓘ
Royal Park → adjacentTo → Queen’s House ⓘ
subject surface form: Greenwich Park
this entity surface form: Queen’s House, Greenwich
Greenwich → contains → Queen’s House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen's House
Maritime Greenwich → contains → Queen’s House ⓘ
Royal Borough of Greenwich → contains → Queen’s House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen’s House, Greenwich
Greenwich → hasLandmark → Queen’s House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen's House
Greenwich, Kent, England → hasLandmark → Queen’s House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen's House
National Maritime Museum → locatedNear → Queen’s House ⓘ
Greenwich town centre → near → Queen’s House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen’s House, Greenwich
this entity surface form: Queen’s House, Greenwich