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    Holkham Hall (/ˈhoʊkəm/ or /ˈhɒlkəm/) is an 18th-century country house near the village of Holkham, Norfolk, England, constructed in the Neo-Palladian...
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  • Holkham is a small village and civil parish in north Norfolk, England, which includes a stately home and estate, Holkham Hall, and a beach, Holkham Gap...
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    Holkham National Nature Reserve is England's largest national nature reserve (NNR). It is on the Norfolk coast between Burnham Overy Staithe and Blakeney...
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    Holkham in the County of Norfolk, and Earl of Leicester, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. Lord Leicester began the construction of Holkham Hall in...
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    of Ancient Virtue, Stowe Holkham Hall, North Front Holkham Hall, Marble Hall Obelisk, Holkham Hall Triumphal Arch, Holkham Hall Badminton House Worcester...
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    Norfolk to work on farming, hunting, and the maintenance and expansion of Holkham Hall, his ancestral home. Coke was again returned to Parliament in 1790, sitting...
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    artist, architect and landscaper William Kent, and their joint creation, Holkham Hall in Norfolk, has been described as "the most splendid Palladian house...
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    The art collection of Holkham Hall in Norfolk, England, remains very largely that which the original owner intended the house to display; the house was...
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    Englishman who rose from modest origins to supervise the construction of Holkham Hall, and become one of the best-known architects of his generation. Much...
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    listed building. The house was built in the Palladian style of nearby Holkham Hall, though much smaller: a large principal central block linked to two flanking...
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