Photos of Tudor Buildings with Labels
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace was originally built by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey but he gave it to King Henry VIII as a gift in 1528. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Hatfield Old Palace
The Royal Palace of Hatfield in Hertfordshire is where Elizabeth I spent most of her childhood. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Hever Castle
Hever Castle was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn and was later owned by Henry VIII’s fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth Castle was first founded in the 1120s and enlarged by King John in the 13th Century. Elizabeth I gave it to Robert Dudley in 1563. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace dates back to approximately 1200. It has an imposing red brick Tudor entrance that was built in the late 15th Century. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Leeds Castle
Leeds Castle was transformed by Henry VIII into a palace fit for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Globe Theatre
The first theatres in the country were built during Tudor times. This reconstruction of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was opened in 1997. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Shakespeare’s Birthplace
William Shakespeare grew up here and played here. He also spent the first five years of his married life in this house with Anne Hathaway. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Sudeley Castle
Edward VI gave this medieval castle to his uncle Thomas Seymour, who married Katherine Parr, Henry VIII’s widow. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock The Tower of London
Two of Henry VIII’s wives were executed in the Tower of London. People visiting today can see some of Henry’s armour! © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Westminster Abbey
Henry VIII destroyed lots of English abbeys. However, in 1540, he turned Westminster Abbey into a cathedral, so it wouldn’t be destroyed. © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock Windsor Castle
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I used Windsor Castle as a place for entertainment. It was also a retreat when there were plagues in London! © www.teachingideas.co.uk Image: © ThinkStock