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Stoke Park Pavilions are the standing remains of the stately house of Stoke Park, located near Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire. Some of the earliest Palladian architecture in England is featured here. During the 1540’s, the 400-acre Stoke Bruerne deer park became the property of the crown, and Henry VIII regularly hunted here. An imposing Palladian-style country house, the first in England built in this style, replaced the old mediæval hunting lodge. Its design is credited to Inigo Jones who was a fan of the famous Venetian architect Andrea Palladio. The striking building consisted of a central house with two matching pavilions connected by curving colonnades. Famous visitors to the house included Charles I in 1635 and Sir Isaac Newton in 1672. The house was destroyed by fire in 1886 and replaced with a fashionable Jacobean style building. The house fell into decline and was commandeered by the Canadian Army during World War II. After the war, the house and pavilions stayed empty. They were eventually bought by a publishing family who pulled down the nineteenth-century house and restored the pavilions. The terraced gardens, orchard area, and pond remain and offer views out over parkland. The site is within the council area of West Northamptonshire.
Historic England Grade II* Listed 1040911.

Place Type: Caroline House
Historic County: Northamptonshire
Lat, Long: 52.132414,-0.91933701
Grid Reference: SP 7406 4878
Civil Parish: Stoke Bruerne CP
Council Area: West Northamptonshire CA
Police Area: Northamptonshire PA

GBPN ID: 304699
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Stoke_Park_Pavilions,_Northamptonshire_304699

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