Position: Curator of Historic Buildings, HM Tower of London and Whitehall Banqueting House
About
Alden is an architectural historian specialising in late-medieval and early modern palaces and great houses. As curator for the Tower of London and the Banqueting House, he has undertaken detailed studies of both, including extensive research on the King’s House at the Tower. His research interests also include early modern court culture, progresses and entertainments, and the ephemeral and temporary buildings and structures that were created to support these aspects of court life. He has led an AHRC-funded project focused on Tudor royal tents and timber lodgings, and he is currently working with colleagues to develop new research around the important collection of historic graffiti at the Tower.
Select publications
Gregory, A., ‘The Timber Lodgings of King Henry VIII: Ephemeral Architecture at War in The Early Sixteenth Century’, The Antiquaries Journal, 100 (2020), pp. 1-20
Gregory, A., ‘An early seventeenth-century Gunpowder Plot monument and a portrait relief of James I in the Queen’s House at the Tower of London’, Sculpture Journal, 26 (2017), pp. 305-320
Gregory, A., ‘In his own image’: architectural patronage and self-symbolism in Archbishop Warham’s motivations for rebuilding the palace at Otford (c.1514-26)’, in The Intellectual Culture of the English Country House, 1500-1700, ed. M. Dimmock, A. Hadfield, and M. Healy (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015), pp. 27-46