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Hace 5 días · When the fire in Whitehall Palace took place, it did not require that the King should summon Jones to repair the damage. Any work of that kind was part of his daily round: but two interesting points should be mentioned here.
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Interior of Whitehall Gate House. The gatehouse escaped the...
- Whitehall Palace
Hace 1 día · In 1263, the building suffered greatly by fire; and four years later, during the rupture between the king (Henry III.) and the Earl of Gloucester, "the soldiers lying at Southwark rowed over to Westminster, made havoc in the king's palace, drank up his wine, and broke the glass of the windows, and all other necessaries belonging to ...
Hace 2 días · Interior of Whitehall Gate House. The gatehouse escaped the Fire of 1698. It lasted until 1765, when it was found to be "in so ruinous a Condition" as to be in great danger of falling. It was thereupon demolished.
Hace 2 días · On 16 October 1834, a fire broke out in the palace after an overheated stove used to destroy the Exchequer's stockpile of tally sticks set fire to the House of Lords Chamber. Both Houses of Parliament were destroyed, along with most of the other buildings in the palace complex.
Hace 21 horas · The hundred-year-old palace in Jelcz-Laskowice, Poland, caught fire. Wednesday 26 June 2024 19:46, UK. poland. 0:33. According to the fire department, the cause could be the recent works of ...
Hace 1 día · 25 June 2024, 08:49 BST. Updated 6 hours ago. A murder investigation has been launched after a man died and four people were injured in a house fire in Wolverhampton. Emergency services were ...
Hace 5 días · By the 17th century, it specialised in the treatment—and confinement—of the insane. By now better known as the Bethlehem Hospital, or Bethlem, or Bedlam, it escaped the 1666 Great Fire, but was ‘very olde, weake & ruinous and to small and streight for keepeing the greater numbr of lunaticks therein.
