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{{Short description| Large house in Eltham, Southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.}} {{For|the football club|Eltham Palace F.C.}} {{Use British English|date=November 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox building | name = Eltham Palace | former_names = | alternate_names = | status = | image = Eltham Palace-8242930494.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = | building_type = | map_type = United Kingdom London Greenwich | pushpin_label = Eltham Palace | architectural_style = [[Art Deco]] interior | structural_system = | material = | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = [[Crown Estate]] | current_tenants = [[English Heritage]] | location = [[Eltham, London|Eltham]]<br />[[London]], {{postcode|SE|9}}<br />United Kingdom | coordinates = {{Coord|51|26|50|N|00|02|53|E|display=inline,title|region:GB_type:landmark}} | groundbreaking_date = | start_date = | completion_date = | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | relocated_date = | renovation_date = | floor_count = | grounds_area = | architect = | awards = | designations = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | rooms = | website = {{URL|https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/eltham-palace-and-gardens}} }} '''Eltham Palace''' is a large house at [[Eltham]] ({{IPAc-en|Λ|Ι|l|t|Ιm}} {{respell|EL|tΙm}}) in [[South London|southeast]] [[London]], England, within the [[Royal Borough of Greenwich]]. The house consists of the medieval [[great hall]] of a former [[List of British royal residences|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".<ref name="londontown">{{cite web| title=Eltham Palace| url=http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Attraction/Eltham_Palace/c532/| publisher=LondonTown.com| access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Eltham Palace and Gardens Access|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/eltham-palace-and-gardens/history/|website=English Heritage|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>
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