Cary Coke
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Cary Coke was a book collector and patron of the English theatre. A daughter of Sir John Newton MP, of Barrs Court, she was the mother of Thomas Coke, first Earl of Leicester.
portrait by Michael Dahl
Coke's bookplate from a book in the Bodleian Libraries
Holkham Hall
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Holkham Hall is an 18th-century country house near the village of Holkham, Norfolk, England, constructed in the Neo-Palladian style for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. The hall was designed by the
Cary Coke
…John Newton, 3rd baronet, of Barrs Court, Gloucestershire. She was born on 9 June 1680. On 3 June, 1696 she married Edward Coke who had inherited the Holkham Hall estate in north Norfolk. Of their children, three sons and two daughters survived them. Their son Thomas (1697- 1759), became the 1st Earl of Leicester…
Holkham Hall. The severely Palladian south facade with its Ionic portico is devoid of arms or motif; not even a blind window is allowed to break the void between the windows and roof-line, while the lower windows are mere piercings in the stark brickwork. The only hint of ornamentation is from the two terminating Venetian windows.
Holkham Hall. Top right: One of the four identical secondary wings
The north front showing, left and right, the single-bay wings which link the main block to the northern pavilions
The Marble Hall