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Audley End House is an early 17th-century country house outside Saffron Walden, Essex. It is a prodigy house, known as one of the finest Jacobean houses in England. Audley End was the site of Walden Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that was dissolved in 1538 and granted to the Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas Audley, who converted it into a domestic house. That house was demolished by Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and a much grander mansion was built, primarily for entertaining James I. Around 1708, Sir John Vanbrugh was commissioned to work on the site, and parts of the house were gradually demolished until it was reduced to its current size. The house and estate are in the care of English Heritage. It is within the council area of Uttlesford (Essex).
Historic England Grade I Listed 1196114.
Place Type: Jacobean House
Historic County: Essex
Lat, Long: 52.020894,0.22069446
Grid Reference: TL 5247 3815
Civil Parish: Saffron Walden CP
Council Area: Uttlesford CA (Essex CA)
Police Area: Essex PA
GBPN ID: 299673
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Audley_End_House,_Essex_299673
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Historic England Grade I Listed 1196114.
Place Type: Jacobean House
Historic County: Essex
Lat, Long: 52.020894,0.22069446
Grid Reference: TL 5247 3815
Civil Parish: Saffron Walden CP
Council Area: Uttlesford CA (Essex CA)
Police Area: Essex PA
GBPN ID: 299673
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Audley_End_House,_Essex_299673
Peruse Essex on Wikishire