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Blickling Hall, built between 1619 and 1627 by Sir Henry Hobart, is a spectacular red-brick house.  Its builder and architect was Robert Lyminge, who had built Hatfield House for Sir Robert Cecil seven years previously.

The turrets which define the bulk of the building, the shaped 'flemish' gables that punctuate the skyline, and the entablatures that mark the floor-levels all serve to bind together the remarkably complex Jacobean design.

The house retains much of its original plaster-work, the Long Gallery, boasting the best surviving Jacobean ceiling in the country.  It also contains the most distinguished library in any English country house, comprising of more than 12,000 books.

The park was extensively replanted in the 18th century and its centre-piece is the lake formed by the Earls of Buckinghamshire.

[Jonathan Myles-Lea produced designs for an elaborate tapestry 22 feet in length.  The work shows a view of the house and gardens surround by a decorative border which incorporates architectural motifs from the building, and cartouches showing views of a pyramid and a temple within the grounds. Blickling Hall is owned by 'The National Trust' and is open to visitors.]


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