Queen's House, Greenwich

Aside from the portico sticking out its right side and the addition in the front of this building you have a fine example of 17th century Renaissance structure. Perfectly balanced, shorn of extraneous decoration. Built for a queen it was hardly ever used. We think about modern waste but English royalty could throw away resources at a rate that would put any modern wastral to shame.

While we don't see much here now, when it was built it stood out in a landscape of red brick Tudor buildings.

 Here is the house in its 17th century setting. The house is down the road on the right. The area is not as rural as it was then. We had to walk through the middle of town to get to Greenwich Park where the Queen's House and the Royal Observatory are located.