St James Palace

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; St James's Palace

In the civil parish of City Of Westminster. In the historic county of Middlesex (Modern Authority of London Borough of Westminster, 1974 county of Greater London).

Royal palace constructed in 1531 on the site of a former leper hospital (Which had had a crenellated tower (qv). It originally comprised a manor house with four courtyards and a gate house. It has a complex history of alterations and additions including damage by a major fire in 1809. The palace became the official royal residence in 1702 and continued in use until the 1830s when Buckingham House was constructed. It is still used for accommodation for members of the royal family.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ29358004

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 404943
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 206564 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Web site links
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James's_Palace
    http://www.oldlondonmaps.com/viewspages/0052.html
• Books
  • Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press)
    James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby) p158, 163
    Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works, vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p241-52
    Pevsner, N. (Revised by Cherry, Bridget), 1973, The Buildings of England: London, 1: the Cities of London and Westminster (London, Penguin) p472
    RCHME, 1925, Inventory of Historic Monuments in London Vol2: West London (HMSO) p128-32
    Page, Wm (ed), 1911, VCH Middlesex p291
    Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol1 (London) p148-50
• Journal Articles
  • Baille, M., 1967, 'Etiquette and planning of the state apartments in baroque palaces' Archaeologia Vol101 p177-8
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Speed, John, 1611-12, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain [http://faculty.oxy.edu/horowitz/home/johnspeed/Cities28.htm]
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • Thurley, Simon, 1991, English Royal Palaces, 1450-1550 (unpub PhD thesis; London) p214-28 [available via http://ethos.bl.uk ]