The Banqueting House in Whitehall, London was designed by Inigo Jones. The article names no client for the 1619 to 1622 building, saying only that the replacement was commissioned from Jones. The text gives 1619 to 1622, while the infobox gives only 1622.
The article calls the style Palladian and says it was the first structure completed in that classical style in England. The walls are Oxfordshire stone with Purbeck stone columns and ornaments on brick foundations, later refaced in Portland stone in the 19th century. The double-cube hall has its length twice its width and height.
Rubens's ceiling was installed in 1636, and Charles I was executed outside in 1649. The building survived the 1698 Whitehall palace fire. It later became a chapel and then a museum run by the Royal United Services Institute from 1893 until it closed in 1962. It is open for tours and as a venue under Historic Royal Palaces. The article gives no hours.
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