Audley End House
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Audley End House is a largely early 17th-century country house outside Saffron Walden, Essex, England. It is a prodigy house, known as one of the finest Jacobean houses in England.
Audley End House | |
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Type | Country house |
Location | Saffron Walden |
Coordinates | 52°01′15″N 00°13′14″E |
OS grid reference | TL524381 |
Area | Essex |
Built | 17th century |
Architectural style(s) | Jacobean |
Owner | English Heritage |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Audley End House |
Designated | 1 November 1972 |
Reference no. | 1196114 |
Official name | Audley End |
Designated | 1 July 1987 |
Reference no. | 1000312 |
Audley End is now one-third of its original size, but is still large, with much to enjoy in its architectural features and varied collections. The house shares some similarities with Hatfield House, except that it is stone-clad as opposed to brick.[1] It is currently in the stewardship of English Heritage but long remained the family seat of the Barons Braybrooke, heirs to the estate of whom retain a portion of the contents of the house, the estate, and the right to repurchase as an incorporeal hereditament.[2] Audley End railway station is named after the house.