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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.
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 Stuart dynasty's first sovereign, James VI and I, in 1607, was to exchange Hatfield Palace against Theobalds House, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury's house. North facing view of Hatfield House. He decided to wreck three wings of the building and use the bricks to construct Cecil's new house which was named as Hatfield House, a Jacobean ...
The Red Lion. The Red Lion is a grade II listed public house and former hotel on the Great North Road, Hatfield, in Hertfordshire.The building dates from the late eighteenth century with nineteenth century additions and a large 1950s rear extension.
Name Location Type Completed [note 1] Date designated Grid ref. [note 2] Geo-coordinates Entry number [note 3] Image; The Grange, 5 High Street High Street, Stevenage Local Government Office, formerly a Georgian coaching inn [1]
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The Hatfield site is believed to be the site of the palace of Edwin of Northumbria, who allegedly died at the Battle of Hatfield Chase, the location of which is disputed. Hatfield was granted to the Warenne family c. 1070 and the house must have been built by them prior to 1317. It reverted to the Crown in 1347 when the Warenne male line became ...
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