All that survived from the Medieval and Tudor palace at Eltham was the Great Hall and the foundations of other buildings which were later incorporated into the gardens of the 1930’s re-build.
The Great hall 1811The Great Hall from an engraving of 1804The Great Hall 1900The Great Hall 1911
It was to this site that Stephen and Virginia Courtauld came in the early 1930’s to create their iconic home
The Great Hall todayRemains of Medieval palace in gardensRemains of Medieval palace in gardens
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
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