Eltham Palace

Eltham Palace is a large house at Eltham ( EL-təm) in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The house consists of the medieval great hall of a former royal residence, to which an Art Deco extension was added in the 1930s. The hammerbeam roof of the great hall is the third-largest of its type in England, and the Art Deco interior of the house has been described as a "masterpiece of modern design". The house is owned by the Crown Estate and managed by English Heritage, which took over responsibility for the great hall in 1984 and the rest of the site in 1995.

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Eltham Palace ranks #649 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #48 of the 329 mapped in England. Founded 1933 — one of 177 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 9,890 times in the last 60 days, more than 92% of the atlas. 26 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is London, 14 km away. See how England compares in the castle statistics.

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