An elegant two-story mansion at the center of the architectural ensemble of Greenwich Hospital is the heart of the complex of historic buildings. This small house without any particular ornamentation appeared next to the favorite country palace of the Tudor dynasty in Greenwich at the wish of the wife of James I, Anne of Denmark. The most famous English architect Inigo Jones built the Queen's House estate for the queen in 1614 in the new Palladian style - simple and laconic. But in 1694 Queen Mary II granted these lands together with the house to Greenwich Hospital for veterans and disabled servicemen of the British fleet.
Another brilliant architect, Christopher Wren, who was building the hospital, decided to make Queen's House the center of the grand complex. The queen's house stands in plain view amid the majestic buildings of Greenwich Hospital; it can be seen both from the river and from the park side. Surrounded by buildings with columns, stucco, and domes, it looks charming and modest. In the 19th century the house accommodated the Royal School for the Sons of Seamen, and it was then that it was connected to the neighboring buildings by covered colonnades.
Queen's House is part of the National Maritime Museum. A magnificent collection of seascapes and portraits by famous artists of the 17th-20th centuries is exhibited here. And for an additional fee, you can attend a tea service with real English sandwiches on the balcony of the house, where English queens once drank tea.
