Burghley House
| Burghley House | |
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The façade of Burghley House
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 Location within Cambridgeshire
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | www.burghley.co.uk |
| Town or city | Peterborough |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 52°38′33″N 0°27′09″W / 52.642393°N 0.452585°W |
| Construction started | 1558–1587 |
| Client | William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley |
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| Structural system | Ashlar limestone |
Burghley House (/ˈbɜːrli/) is a grand sixteenth-century country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It is a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, built by and still lived in by the Cecil family. Its park was laid out by Capability Brown. The exterior very largely retains its Elizabethan appearance, but most of the interiors date from remodellings before 1800. The house is open to the public and displays a circuit of grand and richly-furnished state apartments.
The house is on the boundary of Barnack and St Martin's Without, within the boundary of the City of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire; it was formerly part of the Soke of Peterborough, an historic area that was traditionally associated with Northamptonshire. It lies 0.9 miles (1.4 km) south of Stamford and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Peterborough city centre.
Burghley was built for Sir William Cecil, later 1st Baron Burghley, who was Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1558 and 1587 and modelled on the privy lodgings of Richmond Palace. It was subsequently the residence of his descendants, the earls and, since 1801, marquesses of Exeter. Since 1961 it has been owned by a charitable trust established by the family.
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