Holkham Hall in Norfolk was built for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. William Kent is the main designer, with Lord Burlington, the local architect and clerk of works Matthew Brettingham, and Coke himself also contributing. Authorship is disputed, since Brettingham claimed sole credit in 1761 and Horace Walpole challenged the claim. His plans date from 1726, foundations were laid in 1734 and the house was completed in 1764. Interior work ran from 1739 to 1773, which conflicts with the text's claim that building took thirty years. The page has no infobox.
The article calls the style Neo-Palladian. It is brick, with bricks cast to replicate Roman ones, and the Marble Hall is pink Derbyshire alabaster. The south facade is 344 feet (104.9 m) long, and the park covers over 3,000 acres.
It was listed Grade I in 1951. The article says it is open to the public but gives no hours.
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