Holkham Hall

/ ˈhɒlkəm; ˈhəʊkəm /

noun

1. a Palladian mansion near Wells in Norfolk: built 1734–59 by William Kent for Thomas Coke

Example Sentences

In her book, Glenconner describes her current home as “a cottage” but these things are relative: compared to the nearby Holkham Hall where she grew up, and Glen, the enormous estate in Scotland belonging to her late husband’s family, I guess it is a cottage.

From The Guardian

She hadn’t been there for a while; the scenes set in the museum had been filmed at Holkham Hall, a stately home in Norfolk, with a replica of “The Souvenir” hanging on the wall.

From The New Yorker

Built in the 1750s by Edward Spelman, a writer and bon vivant who’d picked up a case of classical fever on the grand tour, the building has the clarity and sunlit grace of Norfolk’s much larger Palladian-style residences, Houghton Hall and Holkham Hall, if not their majesty.

From Wall Street Journal

"Because I live in Western Canada I never had the opportunity to see them until I finally flew to the UK and watched them play at Holkham Hall in 2014," he said.

From BBC

The baked festive homage to the 19th Century tower features as part of the Christmas attractions at Holkham Hall in north Norfolk.

From BBC