Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England

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country house historic house listed building stately home

Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England is a historic country house and ancestral seat of the Townshend family, renowned as one of the earliest examples of English Palladian architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England canonical 3
Raynham Hall, Norfolk 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country house ⓘ
historic house ⓘ
listed building ⓘ
stately home ⓘ
ancestralSeatOf Marquess Townshend ⓘ
Townshend family ⓘ
architect Inigo Jones ⓘ
architecturalStyle Palladian architecture ⓘ
surface form: English Palladian

Palladian architecture ⓘ
associatedArchitect Charles Bridgeman ⓘ
William Talman ⓘ
builtFor Sir Roger Townshend ⓘ
category Country houses in Norfolk ⓘ
Grade I listed houses in Norfolk ⓘ
Palladian architecture in England ⓘ
completionDate 1630s ⓘ
country England ⓘ
currentOwner Marquess Townshend ⓘ
famousPhotograph Brown Lady ghost photograph (1936) ⓘ
floorCount 3 ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Brown Lady of Raynham Hall ⓘ
hasLegend ghost of the Brown Lady ⓘ
hasPart Birtsmorton Court chapel ⓘ
surface form: Raynham Hall chapel

Raynham Hall gardens ⓘ
Raynham Hall ⓘ
surface form: Raynham Hall parkland
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
inception 1620s ⓘ
locatedIn East of England ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
East Raynham, Norfolk, England ⓘ
surface form: Raynham, Norfolk

United Kingdom ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
stone dressings ⓘ
nearbySettlement East Raynham ⓘ
notableFeature central pediment ⓘ
rusticated stone basement ⓘ
symmetrical Palladian façade ⓘ
notableResident Charles Townshend ⓘ
surface form: Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend ⓘ
openToPublic limited access ⓘ
owner Townshend family ⓘ
patron Sir Roger Townshend ⓘ
surface form: Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet
region North Norfolk district ⓘ
surface form: North Norfolk
significantBuildingType early English Palladian country house ⓘ
startDate 1620 ⓘ
usedFor private residence ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Townshend → placeOfBirth → Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England ⓘ
subject surface form: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
George Townshend → placeOfDeath → Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England ⓘ
subject surface form: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
Surrender of Montreal (1760) – British commander after Wolfe’s death → birthPlace → Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England ⓘ
subject surface form: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
Viscount Townshend → familySeat → Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raynham Hall, Norfolk