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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: St Benet's Abbey, Castle Rising, Wymondham Abbey, Blickling Hall, Holkham Hall, Norwich Cathedral, Houghton Hall, St Nicholas' Church, Feltwell, Church of St John Maddermarket, St Andrew's Church, Walpole, St Augustine's Church, Norwich, St Peter's Church, Hockwold, St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall, St George's Church, Shimpling, St Mary's Church, Moulton, Baconsthorpe Castle, St Laurence's Church, Norwich, Norwich Castle, St Nicholas' Church, Buckenham, St Gregory's Church, Heckingham, St Margaret's Church, Hales, St Mary's Church, East Bradenham, St Andrew's Church, Gunton, All Saints Church, West Harling, St John the Baptist's Church, Hellington, St Andrew's Church, Frenze, Felbrigg Hall, St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish, All Saints Church, Thurgarton, Oxburgh Hall, Castle Acre Priory, Caister Castle, Raynham Hall, Binham Priory, Norwich Guildhall, Wallington Hall, Assembly House, Castle Acre Castle, Thetford Priory, Beachamwell, Bromholm Priory, East Barsham Manor, Wolterton Hall, Hales Hall, Breckles St Margaret, St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, Morley Old Hall. Excerpt: Holkham Hall is an eighteenth-century country house located adjacent to the village of Holkham, on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. The hall was constructed in the Palladian style for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation) by the architect William Kent, aided by the architect and aristocrat Lord Burlington. Holkham Hall is one of England's finest examples of the Palladian revival style of architecture, and severity of its design is closer to Palladio's ideals than many of the other numerous Palladian style houses of the period. The Holkham estate, formerly known as Neals, had been purchased in 1609 by Sir Edward Coke, the founder of his family fortune. It is the ancestral home of the Coke family, the Earls of...