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Last Monarch of the #HouseofStuart
#QueenAnne supported the construction of several important buildings inc. #BlenheimPalace, the only non-royal, non-episcopal country house in England. The most famous example of #QueenAnneArchitecture in London is the #RoyalHospitalChelsea by Sir #ChristopherWren. Completed in 1692, it is renowned for its redbrick façade, symmetrical composition & restrained ornamentation.
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Born 1665, #QueenAnne was Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland from 1702 until her death in 1714. Her father was catholic but she was raised Anglican. During her distinguished reign she oversaw the #ActOfUnion in 1707, a treaty which united England & Scotland under a single #Parliament of Great Britain, starting the modern #UnitedKingdom we know today #RoyalHouse #HouseOfStuart
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#QueenAnne was a patron of the arts, with interests in #Theatre, #Music, #Poetry & #DecorativeArts, her reign saw a period of great change. Marked by the transition from the formal #Baroque to the relaxed aesthetic of the #Palladian style, #QueenAnneArchitecture & #QueenAnneFurniture emerged in her name, as the design style #BritishBaroque of the #QueenAnneRevival period.
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1670, taxes on coal entering #StuartLondon were used to fund the reconstruction of #StPaulsCathedral after its destruction in the #GreatFireOfLondon. #QueenAnne reinstated this tax to finance the construction of new churches, inc. #StMaryLeStrand. The tax on coal was rated at 3 shillings per chaldron & was as unfavourable as tax on bread. #HiddenHistory
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