In Issue 21 of Tudor Places, we dive deep into the works of Lambert Barnard, a prolific, ambitious and extremely talented artist who transformed buildings in Tudor Sussex with designs of breathtaking scale and vivid colour.

We explore the fascinating history of St James’s Palace, built on the site of a Leper Hospital for Henry VIII, which, remarkably, continues to be a working royal palace today, and we delve into what remains of the Old Manor of Langley in Oxfordshire, once a royal hunting lodge conveniently located close to Woodstock Palace.

In the fourth article in our series on the Dissolution of the Monasteries, we take an in-depth look at how one property, Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire, evolved across the centuries from monastic guesthouse into private residence, and we look at St Peter and St Paul’s Church in Lavenham, one of the last of the great Suffolk churches to be built before the Reformation. We see, too, how religious beliefs shaped the intriguing Rushton Triangular Lodge, designed by Sir Thomas Tresham, a staunch Roman Catholic.

Sarah, the Tudor Travel Guide, takes us to the Tudor north, an area remote from the machinations of the court that was influenced by divided faiths and fluctuating fortunes, Brigitte Webster conjures up a vision of Christmas in 1540 at Old Hall, and in Last Place, Lauren Johnson tells us about her favourite Tudor locations.

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