- Type
- Palace / château
- Origins
- 1699 · 17th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Style
- English Baroque
- Commissioned by
- Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
- Architect
- John Vanbrugh
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 54.1214°, -0.9058°
History
The house was built near Henderskelfe Castle, which had burned down in 1693, for Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle. In 1699 he gave the commission to John Vanbrugh, a playwright with no architectural experience, who was assisted by the seasoned Nicholas Hawksmoor. Building went on for more than a century: the domed central block and the east wing went up in the first decades of the 18th century, while the west wing was finished much later in the Palladian style to designs by Thomas Robinson. In 1940 a fire destroyed the dome and part of the south front; the dome was rebuilt in the 1960s. The house still belongs to the Howard family.
What to see
The rooms on show are dominated by the Great Hall beneath its painted dome, followed by a sequence of state rooms with paintings, ancient sculpture and furniture. The vast park with its lakes and Atlas Fountain hides Vanbrugh's Temple of the Four Winds and Hawksmoor's monumental Mausoleum. The house played Brideshead in both the 1981 television series and the 2008 film, and has also appeared in Bridgerton.
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