Documenting the Cultural Heritage: the standards

	Standards in Practice: Greenwich
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Sample Record 1:
Core Data Index to Historic Buildings and Monuments of the Architectural Heritage

The Queen's House, Greenwich, was designed by Inigo Jones as a small private retreat for the Stuart Queens, Anne of Denmark and Henrietta Maria. Since the early nineteenth century the building has been in institutional use, first as part of the Royal Naval Asylum, amalgamated in 1821 with the Greenwich Hospital School, and now as the centrepiece of the National Maritime Museum. This sample record documents these three different uses: Domestic-House, Educational-School, Educational-Museum (see 3.0). Three principal construction phases are recorded: 1616-1619, 1629-1640 and 1661-1663 (see 4.0). Persons and organisations associated with the Queen's House are also recorded along with the roles they played in relation to the building, e.g.,: Inigo Jones (architect), Orazio Gentileschi (painter), Queen Anne of Denmark (patron), National Maritime Museum (occupier) and the dates at which these roles were played (see 5.0). The Queen's House forms part of the ensemble of the National Maritime Museum (1.5), and is linked to the archaeological record for Greenwich Park (1.8).

1.0	Names and References	The Queen's House
1.1	Name of Building
1.2	Reference Number	610612
1.3	Date of Compilation	6th March 1998
1.4	Recording Organisation	Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
1.5	Cross Reference to Ensembles etc.	National Maritime Museum
1.6	Cross Reference to Fixtures and Movable Items	[records of objects in National Maritime Museum]
1.7	Cross Reference to Documentation	TQ 3877 26/G53 (DoE List Reference)
1.8	Cross Reference to Archaeology	610514 [record for Greenwich Park]
1.9	Cross Reference to Environment
2.0	Location
2.1	Administrative Location
2.1.1	State	United Kingdom
2.1.2	Geo-political Unit	England
2.1.3	Sub-division	London Borough of Greenwich
2.1.4	Sub-division
2.2	Address
2.2.1	Postal Name	National Maritime Museum
2.2.2	Number
2.2.3	Street/Road	Romney Road
2.2.4	Locality	Greenwich
2.2.5	Town/City	London
2.2.6	Postal Code	SE10 9NF
2.3	Cartographic Reference
2.3.1	X Coordinate	5387
2.3.2	Y Coordinate	1777
2.3.3	Spatial Referencing System	Ordnance Survey
2.4	Cadastral Reference/ Land Unit
3.0	Functional Type

3.1	Type	3.1.1	Date	3.2	Category
	1. House		1616-1807		Domestic
	2. School		1807-1933		Educational
	3. Museum		1937-		Educational

4.0	Dating
4.1	Period
4.2	Century	17th century
4.3	Date Range

4.3.1	From	4.3.2	To
	1. 1616		1619
	2. 1629		1640
	3. 1661		1663

4.4	Absolute Date
5.0	Persons & Organisations

5.1	Name	5.2	Role	5.2.1	Date
	1. Jones, Inigo		Architect		1616-40
	2. De Caus, Salomon		Garden Designer		1611-13
	3. Gentileschi, Orazio		Painter		1636-38
	4. Queen Anne of Denmark		Patron		1616-19
	5. Queen Henrietta Maria		Patron		1629-40
	6. Royal Naval Asylum/ Greenwich Hospital School		Occupier		1807-1933
	7. National Maritime Museum		Occupier		1937-

6.0	Building Materials/Techniques
6.1	Walls Stone, Brick, Stucco
6.2	Roof Leaded
7.0	Physical Condition
7.1	General Condition Restored Good
8.0	Protection/Legal Status

8.1	Type	8.2	Present Grade	8.3	Date Granted
	1. Listed Building		Grade I		8th June 1973
	2. Scheduled Ancient Monument		—		31st March 1994
	3. World Heritage Site		—		4th December 1997

9.0

Notes

9.1

Historical Summary
The Queen's House was designed by Inigo Jones as a small private retreat for the Stuart Queens, Anne of Denmark and Henrietta Maria. Spanning the road which separated the Royal Palace from the Park at Greenwich, it was built in three phases between 1616 and 1663. The first truly classical Renaissance building to be erected in England, the house was sumptuously decorated and some of the finest art treasures of the Stuart Court were displayed there prior to the Civil War. Since the early nineteenth century the building has been in institutional use, first as part of the Royal Naval Asylum, amalgamated in 1821 with the Greenwich Hospital School, and now as the centrepiece of the National Maritime Museum. Restorations during the 1930s and 1980s have attempted to restore the building to its seventeenth-century appearance.