Category: Picture of the Week

Outside Henry VII’s Chapel of Westminster Abbey. Photo May 2003.

Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 1998.

The Friends of Shakespeare’s Church are still raising money to do important restoration work. Click through to their website to learn more and see how you can help.

View of part of Penshurst Place across the South Lawn. Photo May 2003.

Dappled sunlight on the grass in front of the Queen’s House at the Tower of London. Photo May 1998.

The view of the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe from my seat. Photo June 2000.

Wax figure of Elizabeth I. Photo June 2000.

This was one of the figures at Brading – The Experience, a waxworks museum on the Isle of Wight that I was sad to learn closed down last year. The building they occupied was said to be the oldest house on the island and was owned by Henry VIII from 1539-1546. It was a really neat building so I hope that it will be repurposed and still accessible.

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Traitor’s Gate at the Tower of London. Photo May 2003.

St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Photo May 1998.

Construction of St. George’s Chapel began in the reign of Edward IV and was completed in the reign of Henry VIII (and both kings are buried there). Henry VIII of course lies alongside Jane Seymour, and his longtime friend Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk is also interred in the chapel.

Armillary sphere in the gardens at Hever Castle. Photo May 1998.

Sundial on a not-very-sunny day at Leeds Castle. Photo May 2003.

Tomb of Goronwy ap Tudur and his wife at St. Gredifael

Gardens at Penshurst Place. Photo May 2003.

I think a lot of people (myself included) are ready for spring, so here’s a nice green picture for this week. 🙂

Gatehouse section of the remaining parts of Richmond Palace. Photo May 2000.

You can see the Tudor arms over the archway and the blue rectangle to the right side is one of the few signs identifying this as part of Richmond Palace. Close-ups of those will be featured here in the weeks to come.

Henry VII tower at Pembroke Castle. Photo May 2003.

Sudeley Castle. Photo May 1998.

Side aisle of the 11th-century Chapel of St John the Evangelist in the White Tower of The Tower of London. May 2003.

Another photo from one of my favorite parts of the Tower of London.

Interior of the Great Hall of the Old Palace of Hatfield House. Photo May 1998.

This is the hall where they do the Renaissance Banquets. At other times there is a little inset bay that is open for you to peek into the Great Hall, which is how I got this picture.

Former place of the Shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Photo May 2003.

This was another one of those times that I had the perfect photo for the day a “Picture of the Week” fell on. The martyrdom of Becket occurred 840 years ago today in 1170 and the Tudor connection is that the shrine was destroyed in 1538 under orders of Henry VIII.

The 14th century Guy’s Tower of Warwick Castle. Photo May 1998.

Arms of Catherine of Aragon at Carew Castle in Wales. Photo May 2003.

This is a close-up of Catherine’s arms that are visible in the wider shot that I had way back as Picture of the Week #8. Her arms are a combination of those of Aragon (upper right and lower left) and Castile (upper left and lower right), as seen below (image adapted from a file at Wikimedia Commons):