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Saxham Hall

Two-storey Palladian house by Joseph Patience dating from the 1790s with generous portico, pediment with arms and columns outside. Inside is an elegant staircase and fine painted ceiling. Described on completion as 'having something of the air of the Italian villa', the main part of the house remains very similar to the original architect's drawings despite Victorian wings having been added and removed in the intervening years. The park, woods, lakes and follies are reputed to be by Capability Brown; there is a Moorish temple, polygonal lodge and tea house.

Tour 2½ hours, £13 including tea or coffee, cakes and biscuits.

To book, call the Mercury Theatre on 01206 573948
or book on-line at www.mercurytheatre.co.uk. 

Other nearby properties:

11.   Chippenham Park
17.   Euston Hall

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