Everything about Houghton Hall totally explained
Houghton Hall is a
country house in
Norfolk,
England. It was built for the
de facto first
British Prime Minister, Sir
Robert Walpole and is a key building in the history of
Palladian architecture in England. The architects were
Colen Campbell, who began the building,
James Gibbs, who added the domes, and
William Kent, who designed the interiors. The house has a rectangular main block which consists of a rustic basement at ground level, with a
piano nobile, bedroom floor and attics above. There are also two lower flanking wings joined to the main block by colonnades. The exterior is grand but restrained, built of fine silver stone, and has domes at each corner. In line with the usual Palladian preference, the interiors are much more colourful and opulent than the exterior.
Houghton once contained part of Sir Robert Walpole's great picture collection, which his descendants sold to
Catherine the Great of
Russia to pay off some of the family debts. It now belongs to the
Marquess of Cholmondeley, and is open to the public.
Directions
Houghton Hall is in West Norfolk, just north of the
A148 King's Lynn to
Cromer road. A brown tourist signpost on the left points out the road to the Hall at the village of
Harpley.
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