Built by Henry VIII and destroyed in the reign of Charles II by Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, Nonsuch Palace was described by a sixteenth-century writer as ' the house of houses as the rose is the flower of flowers.'
ALAN GIBSON introduces
SIR JOHN SUMMERSON
MARTIN BIDDLE and JOHN DENT who have recently helped to shed new light on Nonsuch, one of the most important buildings in the history of English architecture
Also taking part: GEORGE CORNELIUS
GEOFFREY EARLE and HEDLEY GOODALL Produced by JOHN BLUNDEN