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Houghton Hall (/ˈhaʊtən/ HOW-tən)[1] is a country house in the parish of Houghton in Norfolk, England. It is the residence of the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley.[2]
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.
- ^ DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses. "British pronunciation of country house names". Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ Lacey, Stephen (15 June 2012). "Restoration man: the story of Houghton Hall". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 March 2024.