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Queen's House

British

noun

a Palladian mansion in Greenwich, London: designed (1616–35) by Inigo Jones; now part of the National Maritime Museum; restored 1984–90

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The picture will go on show at the Queen's House in Greenwich, near the site of Elizabeth's birth, in October.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2016

The painting will be the centrepiece for the reopening of the Queen's House on 11 October.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2016

Early Stuart architectural extravagances like the Queen's House in Greenwhich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall – with its ceiling by Rubens – did not exactly reassure them about the dynasty's grand self-image.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2012

There the backdrop is older still: the Queen's House of 1617-37 by Renaissance master architect Inigo Jones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 24, 2012

This fortress was called the Queen's House, and on the night of the new moon the Queen came to it from the palace.

From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Cather, Willa Sibert

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