Houghton Hall

For other uses, see Houghton Hall (disambiguation).

The façade of Houghton Hall in 2007
The façade of Houghton Hall from Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus. The corner towers were replaced with domes in the final design.

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Lacey, Stephen (15 June 2012). "Restoration man: the story of Houghton Hall". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 March 2024.