Well oil be! Britain's very own Sistine Chapel, discovered under centuries of grime, shines through after an £8.5m restoration that shows scenes just as heavenly as those at the Vatican ...

Thornhill’s work is not universally beloved—and it takes a leap of faith to accept the regular description of the hall as “England’s Sistine Chapel”—but it is unquestionably monumental.

Britain's 'Sistine Chapel' reopens after multimillion pound restoration. The Painted Hall in Greenwich was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and decorated by James Thornhill in 1705.

Residents can pay their respects to fallen Toronto police officer Const. Jeffrey Northup at a Thornhill funeral home on July 11. The family will receive friends and guests from the general public at ...

It is painting by numbers, but on a whole new scale. The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich is attempting to recreate, on a giant canvas, what is regarded by some as "the Sistine Chapel of the ...

Thornhill was paid £1 per square yard for painting the walls and £3 per square yard for the ceiling, a tiny amount compared with the more than £10.5 million that the restoration and building ...

Gus Thornhill Jr., owner of an East Point funeral home and longtime community activist, died Tuesday at 78. Breaking: Fire reignites at Conyers chemical plant; evacuations underway, sheriff says.