Houghton Hall with the art installation Time Horizon by Antony Gormley
Central staircase
Entrance to the private yellow drawing room (no photography allowed)
Marble hall
William Kent furnishings
Doggie
Dramatic cherub
Enfillade
Detail of the famous green velvet bed
Pugin chairs
Embroidered bedchamber
Chinese bedchamber
Chinese bedchamber
Running water in the dining room
Roman side eye
Folly in the walled garden
Houghton Hall was built from 1722 for the first English Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. The original plans were by Colen Campbell, and James Gibbs altered them to include the magnificent baroque domes at each corner of the main block. William Kent created the palatial interiors, including the series of extraordinary ceilings. He treated the interiors as integrated schemes - a new idea at the time.
