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Hatfield House is a Grade I listed [1] country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house, a leading example of the prodigy house , was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to King James I .
Built as a suburban villa in 1760, in what is now the Nicetown neighborhood of the city, Hatfield House operated as Catherine Mallon's Boarding School for Girls from 1806 to 1824. William J. Hay, who was the next owner, subsequently made major Greek Revival -style alterations, including the addition of the unusual 5-column temple portico in 1838.
Chatsworth House in Derbyshire (Dukes of Devonshire) Harewood House in West Yorkshire (Earls of Harewood) Hatfield House in Hertfordshire (Marquesses of Salisbury) Holkham Hall in Norfolk (Earls of Leicester) Leeds Castle in Kent (various families, ending with Olive, Lady Baillie) – now owned by Leeds Castle Foundation. [5]
There are 19 extant historic houses of which 16 were constructed within the current boundaries of Fairmount Park, while three of the houses were moved to the park from elsewhere in the city—Cedar Grove Mansion from Frankford, Hatfield House from Nicetown, and Letitia Street House from Old City. All of the 19 houses were designed and used as ...
St Fagans National History Museum, near Cardiff, outside, 27 March 2011 (10 June 2010) The British Museum Part 2, London, outside, 3 April 2011 (2 September 2010) STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway Part 2, Swindon, Wiltshire, inside, 10 April 2011 (22 April 2010) Hatfield House Part 2, Hertfordshire, outside, 17 April 2011 (15 July 2010)
Hatfield Manor House is a remodelled 18th century Grade-I listed manor house in the town of Hatfield near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, which is based on an originally 12th century building. [1] The building is constructed of roughcast ashlar and brick with a Welsh slate roof. It is built to a T-shaped plan in 2 and 3 storeys. [2]
The Upper Main Street Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district in northeastern Hatfield, Massachusetts.Unlike Hatfield Center, which dated to colonial days and lies south of the district, this part of Hatfield developed roughly between 1860 and 1939 as a village centered on the nearby ferry landing on the Connecticut River.
Cecil demolished much of the palace and built a new house nearby. [2] The oak was located near to one of the avenues leading to the new house. [4] George III visited Hatfield House in 1800 and may have viewed the oak. [3] Victoria and Albert visited in 1846, by which time the tree was enclosed by a fence and protected by a lead covering.