Eltham Palace: 70 minutes from Oxford Circus. (Nearest station: Eltham)
"Wolf Hall" meets "The Great Gatsby" at Eltham Palace, the medieval royal estate where King Henry VIII spent his boyhood and whose interiors were given an art deco makeover in 1933 by textile millionaire Stephen Courtauld and his wife, Virginia.
The supremely elegant interiors -- including the curved entrance hall by Swedish designer Rolf Engstromer -- were cutting-edge design and came with all the latest mod cons, but the Great Hall, 14th-century exterior and sumptuous grounds were all restored by the Courtaulds to their original glory.