Queen's House (Tower of London)
The Queen's House is a residential building inside the fortress of the Tower of London . The house is in the southwest of the inner wall. The building, the construction of which began around 1540, originally served the constable of the tower as living space. In the course of its use over many hundreds of years, the purpose of the house changed several times. Among other things, it was used as a prison at times .
The house is on the site of a previous building from the 14th century, traces of which can be found in the cellar. This too probably belonged to the constable. When the Queen's House was built, rooms in the Bell Tower were integrated into the building and are accessible from the Queen's House. In 1607 the builders divided the upper floor into two floors. The upper part of the previous large hall has been converted into a meeting room. A brick extension on the ground floor and a staircase in the south of the building also date from the 17th century.
The half-timbered house has double curved diagonal struts. The gables are adorned with carved verges .
In the conference room today there is a bust of Jacob I to commemorate the Gunpowder plot .
literature
- Simon Bradley, Nikolas Pevsner: London 1, The city of London, 1997, London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071092-2 , p. 369
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 28.5 " N , 0 ° 4 ′ 38.6" W.