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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.
The town grew up around the gates of Hatfield House. Old Hatfield retains many historic buildings, notably the Old Palace, St Etheldreda's Church and Hatfield House.The Old Palace was built by the Bishop of Ely, Cardinal Morton, in 1497, during the reign of Henry VII, and the only surviving wing is still used today for Elizabethan-style banquets.
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.
The house was sold in late 2006, and the entire contents of the Hurd Hatfield Collection were sold at an auction on the premises by Country House Antique & Fine Art Auction in March 2007. At the time of his death, Hatfield was writing his autobiography. [2] He was cremated, and his ashes scattered. [1]
Robert Lyminge (fl. 1607–1628) [1] was an English carpenter and architect.His surname is also sometimes spelt Lemyinge or Liminge.. Lyminge's earliest record of employment is dated 1607 at the almshouses at Theobalds in Hertfordshire.
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]
Later, the statue was installed in the grounds of Hatfield House in England on the river Lea and was rededicated by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury on 28 September 2008. [1] The rededication included a new plaque stating, "In reconciliation and hope for future peace in Zimbabwe" alongside the RLI roll of honour. [13]
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