Website:https://ornc.org (Old Royal Naval College)https://ornc.org/venue-hire/filming-photography/ (Old Royal Naval College - filming)https://vimeo.com/575800057 (Film London Premiere Locations Showcase)
Description:The Painted Hall, probably the finest dining hall in the Western world, is decorated with stunning paintings by James Thornhill, and is part of the King William Court. This was planned to be the hospital's dining hall. Wren submitted the designs in 1698, and the roof and the dome above were already in place five years later. Thornhill's decoration, by contrast, took nineteen years to complete. The Painted Hall stood empty until January 1806, when the body of Admiral Lord Nelson was brought here to lie in state. By 1939 the Painted Hall was once again in use as a dining room. It remained in daily use until the Royal Navy's departure in 1998. Today visitors share it again during the day as do those who come to special evening events to eat in "the finest dining hall in Europe". The allegorical theme of the huge and exuberant Lower Hall ceiling is the triumph of Peace and Liberty over Tyranny, and pays due tribute to William and Mary and British maritime power. Within the oval frame are the four seasons. Beyond the arch in the Upper Hall Queen Anne surveys the continents of the world, while on the west wall her Hanoverian successors, George I and his family, are shown in sober glory. Elsewhere much use is made of trompe l'oeil painting, on the columns, windowsills and in the Vestibule.
General Notes:Doubling / Stand In: Chateau De Saint-Cloud (Napoleon);
Jurisdictions::Greenwich
