The Stone Hall at Holkham
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The Stone Hall at Holkham
Image: © Tiger Taken: 29 Apr 2013
Holkham Hall, one of England's most important country houses in the Palladian style, was built between 1731 and 1761 for Thomas Coke, first Earl of Leicester. The first impression inside is of immense grandeur. The hall, a 46 foot cube, is faced with polished pink alabaster from Derbyshire, supporting Ionic columns of the same material above a wave-pattern frieze. From it the two flights of the grand staircase lead up to the piano nobile.
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