Inside the Queen's House, Greenwich SE10

The Queen's House in Greenwich, south-east London is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history.

Designed by Inigo Jones in the early 17th century, the house is a thing of true beauty, representing the point at which architecture in Britain began to be regarded as an art-form in its own right.

In this video, we'll be exploring the history behind the Queen's House and, thanks to a kind invitation from the wonderful folk at the 'Royal Museums Greenwich Collection', I'll be showing you around outside the usual opening hours- which essentially means we're going to have this gorgeous building all to ourselves!
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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:20 Origins
03:26 Inigo Jones
04:54 Building the Queen's House
06:00 The Great Hall
10:37 The Tulip Stairs
12:25 The Tulip Stairs Ghost 👻
13:18 Art at the Queen's House
15:20 From Queen's House to Asylum
16:30 The Queen's House Today
18:18 Outro
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Sincere thanks to the Royal Museums Greenwich Collection for offering the robslondon channel this wonderful opportunity- and extra special thanks too to Ruby Moulton for facilitating such an early morning visit!

If you'd like to visit the Queen's House (which I'd highly recommend), you can find further information on their website- and remember, best of all, entry is free!
https://www.rmg.co.uk/queens-house
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Credits:

Images used in this video:

Painting of Rome: The Walters Art Museum (Creative Commons)

Villa Godi image: Dogears (Creative Commons)

Queen's House bird's eye view (Google)

The Sovereign of the Seas Painting: Royal Greenwich Museums Collection

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Music used in this video:

A Baroque Letter (Aaron Kenny)

Ecossaise in E-flat by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/


Renaissance Castle (Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions)

Invitation to the Castle Ball (Doug Maxwell)

Trieste (Josh Lippi & The Overtimers)


Prelude No. 12 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/preludes/

Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/


Lurking Shadows (Myuu)

Lifting Dreams (Aakash Gandhi)

Kiss the Sky (Aakash Gandhi)

Confident Kurt (TrackTribe)
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