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Reopened in June 1999 after extensive restoration and refurbishment by English Heritage, Eltham Palace was first inhabited as a royal residence in 1311 by King Edward II and frequented for the next four hundred years by successive monarchs, usually for entertaining. As nearby Greenwich Palace came into vogue during the Tudor period, Eltham was left unused and virtually derelict by 1828. The Great Hall eventually being utilised as a barn and cowshed. It was rescued by the Courtauld family in the 1930's, lavishly restored and extended, to provide a unique and unlikely combination of the medieval and Art Deco.