It was once the largest royal residence in Europe, but the last remnant of the Palace of Whitehall ... century Banqueting House, including cleaning and repairing an original Rubens ceiling ...

Banqueting House on Whitehall is famous for three things ... it's got a bloody impressive ceiling by Rubens. Like King Charles, we recently overcame our trepidation and mounted a terrifying ...

The story of the Palace of Whitehall has never ... employing Rubens to paint the ceiling, and planning to have Van Dyck paint the walls of the Banqueting House. He was prevented, however, from ...

Shimmy on down Whitehall and you’ll stumble upon Banqueting House, a 400-year-old marvel ... 3,000 (millions in today’s money) to have the ceiling commissioned to honour his late father ...

This week, we explore Banqueting House, a somewhat forgotten royal palace plonked in the middle of the political powerhouse that is Whitehall ... room's elaborately gilded ceilings, chandeliers ...

The Banqueting House is the last surviving building of Whitehall Palace, the main residence of English monarchs from 1530 until 1698 which occupied most of where Whitehall is today. It is best ...

He said the sketch, a study for the ceiling of the Banqueting House in Whitehall, was an important piece of Britain's heritage. "This work is of the utmost significance to British history," said ...