Haughton Hall, Nottinghamshire

Haughton Hall
Haughton Hall
General information
Coordinates	53°14′55″N0°58′29″W / 53.248706°N 0.974858°W Coordinates: 53°14′55″N0°58′29″W / 53.248706°N 0.974858°W
Construction started	1509
Completed	1545
Destroyed	after 1770
Client	William Holles

Last updated August 16, 2019

Haughton Hall was an English country house near Haughton, Nottinghamshire.

An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, the term also encompasses houses that were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry that ruled rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832. Frequently, the formal business of the counties was transacted in these country houses.

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History

Houghton Hall was built by William Holles and his son William Holles (MP). The park of 240 acres was enclosed in 1509 and the small house was greatly extended. Gervase Holles reported that the hall contained a shield inscribed W.H. A.D. 1545. The park was later extended to 900 acres.

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After William Holles (MP) died in 1590, the estate passed through the hands the Earls of Clare, and then through to the Dukes of Newcastle-under-Lyme. When they built themselves a house at Clumber in 1770, Haughton Hall was demolished.^[1]

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Around 1610, Prince Henry was entertained in the house for several days by John Holles who was Comptroller of the Household for the prince until his death in 1612.^[2]

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References

↑ Blagg, Thomas (1931). "Houghton Hall". Transactions of the Thoroton Society. 35.
↑ Waldron, Francis Godolphin; Harding, Sylvester; Harding, Edward (1795). The biographical mirrour: comprising a series of ancient and modern English portraits, of eminent and distinguished persons, from original pictures and drawings, Volume 1. S. and E. Harding. p. 23.

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[1] Blagg, Thomas (1931). "Houghton Hall". Transactions of the Thoroton Society. 35.

[2] Waldron, Francis Godolphin; Harding, Sylvester; Harding, Edward (1795). The biographical mirrour: comprising a series of ancient and modern English portraits, of eminent and distinguished persons, from original pictures and drawings, Volume 1. S. and E. Harding. p. 23.