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Houghton Hall

England · 18th century

Founded
1722
Style
Palladian architecture
Architect
William Kent
Heritage status
Grade I listed building
Location
Houghton
Coordinates
52.8269°, 0.6576°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Houghton Hall in England
Photo: Hans A. Rosbach · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Houghton Hall ( HOW-tən) is a country house in the parish of Houghton in Norfolk, England. It is the residence of the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley.

It was commissioned by the de facto first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, in 1722, and is a key building in the history of Neo-Palladian architecture in England. It is a Grade I listed building surrounded by 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) of parkland, and is a few miles from Sandringham House.

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

In the rankings

Houghton Hall ranks #1,226 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #100 of the 397 mapped in England. Founded 1722, it is older than 20% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,016 times in the last 60 days, more than 92% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cambridge (England), 78 km away. See how England compares in the castle statistics.

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