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Audley End House
Audley End House is an early 17th‑century Jacobean country house near Saffron Walden, Essex, built for the first Earl of Suffolk on the site of a former Benedictine abbey. Originally a vast two‑court palace completed to receive King James I in 1614, much of the outer court was later demolished; today the surviving house and interiors are open to the public and display historic rooms and family collections.
First raised
1700
Its prime
1614
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1614
What Audley End House looked like in its prime.
A broad U‑shaped Jacobean stone palace of pale ashlar, three storeys high with projecting multi‑windowed bays, regular mullioned windows, crenellated parapet and tall clustered chimneys. Low towers and a small leaded cupola punctuate the roofline; the west front has a grand, arcaded ground floor and large transomed windows above. The house sits behind clipped lawns and flowerbeds, its facades showing fine ashlar coursing and carved stone surrounds, complete and richly fenestrated at its prime.
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9 places to explore in 1614.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Audley End House, including 5 interiors: great hall (west front, interior), king's suite: presence chamber / privy chamber, queen's suite (north range) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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Families who held Audley End House.
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Built 1605-1614 as the prodigy house of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk; the Howard Earls of Suffolk held it either side of a spell as Charles II's palace.
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