Restoration

NOTES: The noted portrait painter George Romney (1734-1804) had alterations made to this his house and studio in the late 1790s by Samuel Bunce. It later became the Hampstead Assembly Rooms and further alterations were made and again in 1930 by Clough Williams-Ellis when it became his home.

NOTES: The noted portrait painter George Romney (1734-1804) had alterations made to this his house and studio in the late 1790s by Samuel Bunce. It later became the Hampstead Assembly Rooms and further alterations were made and again in 1930 by Clough Williams-Ellis when it became his home.

NOTES: The noted portrait painter George Romney (1734-1804) had alterations made to this his house and studio in the late 1790s by Samuel Bunce. It later became the Hampstead Assembly Rooms and further alterations were made and again in 1930 by Clough Williams-Ellis when it became his home.

NOTES: The noted portrait painter George Romney (1734-1804) had alterations made to this his house and studio in the late 1790s by Samuel Bunce. It later became the Hampstead Assembly Rooms and further alterations were made and again in 1930 by Clough Williams-Ellis when it became his home.

NOTES: The noted portrait painter George Romney (1734-1804) had alterations made to this his house and studio in the late 1790s by Samuel Bunce. It later became the Hampstead Assembly Rooms and further alterations were made and again in 1930 by Clough Williams-Ellis when it became his home.

NOTES: The original Elizabethan manor house, completed in 1578, was gutted by fire in 1912 and many of its original features were destroyed. It was then carefully restored for the second time under the direction of Detmar Blow. Important additions, such as this clock tower, were made in the same style by Thomas Darcy Braddell.

NOTES: The London Charterhouse, originally a Carthusian monastery and later a Tudor mansion, hospital and school, was severely bomb damaged on 10-11 May 1941 during a heavy air raid on the City during World War II. It was restored by Seely & Paget in the 1950s and some medieval and sixteenth century fabric remains.

NOTES: The Post Room and the upstairs rooms located in Lollards'Tower, built in the 1430s, were originally intended as sleeping apartments. The central octagonal wooden post, after which the room is named, and the panelling were added in the 17th century. This, one of the many of the Palace buildings that suffered greatly from damage by fire and water during World War II, was restored by Seeley and Paget in the 1950s.

NOTES: A chapel has existed on this site since the 13th century. In 1846 Edward Blore carried out a complete renovation of the medieval chapel in the Gothic Revival style where the wall panelling was removed and a lofty groined roof was substituted for the old flat ceiling. It suffered greatly from damage by fire and water during World War II. It was restored by Seeley and Paget in the 1950s.

NOTES: The tower was built by John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1486-1501 and is one of the few surviving examples of the early Tudor style of brick building. This room on the first floor was one of the many in the Palace that suffered greatly from damage by fire and water during World War II and was restored by Seeley and Paget in the 1950s.

NOTES: The Great Hall, rebuilt in the 17th century, suffered greatly from damage by fire and water during World War II and was restored by Seeley and Paget in the 1950s.

NOTES: The Guard Room is faced with Bath stone and has a 14th century roof carved with animals, figures and foliations which was restored when Edward Blore altered the building in the 1830s. It was further restored after bomb damage during World War II by Seely & Paget in the 1950s.