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family whose descendants in the female line, the Lowthers, still own the property as of 2014. The Clifdens had a new house built in the style of the older mansion, incorporating the older mansion's remains but being only about one eighth of its size. The first phase of the new house was designed by
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The estate is a private residence which is available as a corporate and wedding venue and is opened to the public on a limited and paid basis. Other activities include a
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A door salvaged from the demolition of Holdenby palace is believed to be inside Morningside Cottage, a grade II listed building in the nearby village of
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stayed at Holdenby in July 1583, and wrote to Hatton, congratulating him on the completion of "the best house that hath been built in this age".
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archways and the kitchen wing incorporated into the Victorian rebuild, now standing on a
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In July 2011, the exterior of Holdenby House was transformed as the location of
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was brought to Holdenby by the Scots and handed over to the English
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As of 2014, all that remains of Hatton's great house are two
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Holdenby Palace before its demolition in the 17th century
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and built in 1873–75. A second phase was designed by
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country house
Northamptonshire
Holdenby
Northampton
Althorp
Grade II* listed
Elizabethan
Lord Chancellor
Christopher Hatton
Queen Elizabeth I
Thomas Heneage
prodigy houses
Tudor period
Audley End
Theobalds
facades
Doric
arcades
Renaissance
Italy
John Thorpe
mansion
James I
Charles, Duke of York
Anne of Denmark
First English Civil War
Charles I
Long Parliament
Cornet

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