Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, known as Coke of Norfolk or Coke of Holkham, was a British politician and agricultural reformer. Born to Wenman Coke, Member of Parliament for Derby, and hi
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William Windham, Coke's friend and supporter during the American Revolutionary War
Humphry Repton, whom Coke employed to modify the grounds at Holkham Hall
Daughter Jane Coke
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
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation)
…the MPs who lost their seats in the 1784 general election, and he returned to Norfolk to work on farming, hunting, and the maintenance and expansion of Holkham Hall, his ancestral home. Coke was again returned to Parliament in 1790, sitting continuously until 1832, and he primarily spoke on matters of local interest…
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