article_snippet: At the time the couple lived there, Eltham Palace was the 'grand designs project of Eltham Palace day', saving the great hall of the medieval palace that had been the childhood home of Henry VIII and creating a glamorous property with all mod cons.
article_snippet: Royal heritage: The Great Hall of Eltham Palace was refurbished in the 1930s, saving what had been the childhood home of Henry VIII Henry VIII .
article_snippet: Andrew Hann, English Heritage property historian, said: 'Eltham Palace was the ultimate grand designs project of Eltham Palace day boasting state of the art mod cons including under-floor heating, multi-room sound systems and a centralised vacuum cleaner.
article_snippet: In the 1380s the future Edward II created a walled garden to the south beyond the moat while Henry IV  spent 10 of Henry IV   13 Christmases as king at Eltham.
article_snippet: It was a favoured residence of Henry IV   who built It great hall and from the 14th to the 16th century
article_snippet: Henry VIII passed much of Henry VIII boyhood at Eltham, English Heritage says, and was the last monarch to spend large amounts of money on it.
highlights_snippet: Eltham Palace was one of the 'greatest design projects of the day' and incorporated the Grand Hall from the childhood home of Henry VIII .