Blenheim Palace

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Blenheim Palace is a grand English country house in Oxfordshire, renowned as the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Marlborough and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
country house
historic house
palace
stately home
ancestralSeatOf Spencer-Churchill family
surface form: Dukes of Marlborough
architect John Vanbrugh
John Vanbrugh
surface form: Nicholas Hawksmoor
architecturalStyle English Baroque
birthplaceOf Winston Churchill
builtFor John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
category Country houses in Oxfordshire
Palaces in England
UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: World Heritage Sites in England
commemorates Battle of Blenheim
constructionEnd 1722
constructionStart 1705
country United Kingdom
function event venue
family residence
tourist attraction
governingBody Blenheim Palace self-linksurface differs
surface form: Blenheim Palace Heritage Foundation
hasChapel yes
hasFeature Capability Brown landscaped grounds
Column of Victory
Grand Bridge
Great Court
Great Lake
Long Library
Marlborough Tapestries
State Rooms
formal gardens
landscape park
hasMausoleum yes
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
landscapeDesigner Lancelot "Capability" Brown
locatedIn Oxfordshire
surface form: Blenheim, Oxfordshire

England
Oxfordshire
material limestone
nearestTown Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
surface form: Woodstock
notableResident Winston Churchill
openToPublic yes
ownedBy John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
surface form: Duke of Marlborough

Spencer-Churchill family
purpose reward for military victory
region South East England
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1987

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Grand Bridge location Blenheim Palace
Grand Bridge associatedWith Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace World Heritage Site
Grand Bridge surroundedBy Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace parkland
Oxfordshire contains Blenheim Palace
Consuelo Vanderbilt residence Blenheim Palace
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough deathPlace Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough managedEstate Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace estate
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough burialPlace Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Marlborough family burial ground
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough burialPlace Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough deathPlace Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England
John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough associatedWith Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace estate
Duke of Marlborough seat Blenheim Palace
Duke of Marlborough associatedWith Blenheim Palace
Duke of Marlborough familySeat Blenheim Palace
Dukes of Marlborough associatedWithPlace Blenheim Palace
Dukes of Marlborough seat Blenheim Palace
Woodstock hasLandmark Blenheim Palace
Woodstock knownFor Blenheim Palace
Woodstock contains Blenheim Palace
Woodstock hasAttraction Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace gardens
Woodstock hasAttraction Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Park
Church of St Martin near Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Church of St Martin, Bladon
Church of St Martin associatedWith Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: Church of St Martin, Bladon
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace estate
John notableWork Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: John Vanbrugh
John designed Blenheim Palace
subject surface form: John Vanbrugh
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough associatedWithEstate Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace estate
Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough heritageDesignationOfResidence Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Blenheim Palace)
Elizabeth Churchill associatedWithPlace Blenheim Palace
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough deathPlace Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough burialPlace Blenheim Palace
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England