"The Great Hall of Hampton Court Palace is the only surviving hall built by Henry VIII. At first-floor level, it stands above two large cellars and was principally constructed between 1532 and 1535. The Great Hall either completely replaced a medieval ground-floor hall or may, conceivably, be a very substantial rebuilding of an earlier first-floor hall built by Cardinal Wolsey. Certainly, in the early 1530s a conscious decision was made to dramatically remodel the Great Hall in order that Hampton Court could accommodate the full royal court for the celebration of principal court festivals, such as Christmas, Twelfth-Night and Easter. These festivals required large spaces to accommodate lavish court ceremony and entertainments (The Great Hall and other greater chambers); a Chapel Royal to permit elaborate liturgical celebration; and a substantial body of lodgings, served by a respectively large wing of kitchens and household offices, to accommodate the court and its guests" Source
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