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Blickling Hall

England · 17th century

Founded
1616
Heritage status
Grade II* listed park and garden · Grade I listed building
Location
Blickling
Coordinates
52.8117°, 1.23168°
Links
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Blickling Hall in England
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Description

Blickling Hall is a Grade I listed English country house situated in 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of parkland in a loop of the River Bure, near the village of Blickling north of Aylsham in Norfolk, England. The Jacobean mansion was built on the ruins of a Tudor building for Sir Henry Hobart after 1616 and designed by Robert Lyminge. The library at Blickling Hall contains one of the most historically significant collections of manuscripts and books in England, containing an estimated 13,000 to 14,000 volumes. The core collection was formed by Sir Richard Ellys. The property passed into the care of the National Trust in 1940.

Between 1499 and 1505, the property was in the possession of the Boleyn family.

Text adapted from “Blickling Hall” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Blickling Hall ranks #1,103 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #93 of the 397 mapped in England. Founded 1616, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 10,288 times in the last 60 days, more than 95% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how England compares in the castle statistics.

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