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.

Winston → placeOfBirth → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Winston Churchill
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace (design by Sir John Vanbrugh)
Consuelo Vanderbilt → residence → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Jennie Jerome → residence → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady Randolph Churchill → residence → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England
Duke of Marlborough → seat → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Dukes of Marlborough → seat → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
Marlborough Tapestries → significantPlace → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: State Rooms of Blenheim Palace
Marlborough Tapestries → significantPlace → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Library of Blenheim Palace
Grand Bridge → surroundedBy → Blenheim Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blenheim Palace parkland