Blenheim Palace

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UNESCO World Heritage Site country house historic house palace stately home

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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Observed surface forms (26)

Surface form Occurrences
Blenheim Palace estate 6
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England 6
Blenheim Palace World Heritage Site 5

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (121)

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

Upper Lake → hasNearbyStructure → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Great Court → hasViewOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace main façade
Great Court → hasViewOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace entrance front
Queen Pool → hasViewOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Column of Victory → hasViewOver → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace Park
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Blenheim Palace)
Long Library → heritageSiteWithin → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace UNESCO World Heritage Site
River Glyme → isAssociatedWith → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace World Heritage Site
Woodstock → knownFor → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Great Lake → landscapeFeatureOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Lake (Blenheim Palace)
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace World Heritage Site
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace park
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace estate
Great Court → locatedIn → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Great Lake → locatedIn → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Lake (Blenheim Palace)
Long Library → locatedIn → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Marlborough Tapestries → locatedIn → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Queen Pool → locatedIn → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Upper Lake → locatedIn → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Bladon → locatedNear → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Bladon, Oxfordshire, England → locatedNear → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Battle of Blenheim → location → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim
Column of Victory → location → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Grand Bridge → location → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace estate
Blindheim → nameGaveRiseTo → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Church of St Martin → near → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Church of St Martin, Bladon
Column of Victory → near → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace lake
Long Hanborough → near → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Old Woodstock → near → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Queen Pool → near → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace main house
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England → near → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Bladon → nearbyAttraction → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace World Heritage Site
English Baroque → notableWork → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
John Vanbrugh → notableWork → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
John → notableWork → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: John Vanbrugh
Lancelot "Capability" Brown → notableWork → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace park
Great Lake → ownedBy → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Lake (Blenheim Palace)
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace Estate
Long Library → ownedBy → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace Estate
Column of Victory → owner → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace Estate
Column of Victory → partOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace grounds
Grand Bridge at Blenheim Palace → partOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Grand Bridge at Blenheim Palace → partOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace landscape park
Great Court → partOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Queen Pool → partOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace estate
Queen Pool → partOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Park
Upper Lake → partOf → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace parkland