Sandringham House in Norfolk was designed by A. J. Humbert, with Robert William Edis also listed, for Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, who bought the estate in 1862 for 220,000 pounds. Humbert's house was finished by late 1870. The infobox gives 1870 to 1892, while the text says it was almost completely rebuilt between 1870 and 1900.
The article calls the style Jacobethan, and Pevsner called it frenetic Jacobean. It uses red brick, limestone dressings, Norfolk Carrstone, Ketton stone and a tiled roof. The estate covers 20,000 acres, with 49 acres of gardens.
A serious fire struck in 1891, and George V and George VI died there in 1936 and 1952. It opened to the public in 1977 and passed to Charles III in 2022. It is a private royal residence and is Grade II* listed. The house, gardens and museum are usually open from late March to late October.
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