Inscription at Holkham Hall
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Inscription at Holkham Hall by Tiger as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Inscription at Holkham Hall
Image: © Tiger Taken: 29 Apr 2013
Above the entrance from the vestibule to Image "THIS SEAT, on an open barren Estate, Was planned, planted, built, decorated And inhabited the middle of the XVIIIth Century by THOS COKE EARL OF LEICESTER" The tablet was erected by Lady Leicester in 1764, three years after completion of the Hall. Her husband had died in 1759 with debts of £90,000. Some of the lettering seems to have been recut, as evident in the two p's in the second line.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.950209
Longitude
0.803016