Houghton, Norfolk, England
Houghton Hall
Houghton Hall
Houghton Hall was built for British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and it is regarded as a key building in the history of Palladian architecture in England. This Grade I listed building is surrounded by 1,000 acres of parkland and is the home of David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley.
The house is allegedly haunted by the Woman in Brown - Dorothy Walpole, the sister of Sir Robert Walpole. It has been suggested that this is the same apparition that haunts nearby Raynham Hall and featured in the infamous photograph obtained in 1936.
Pictured left is a view of Houghton Hall courtesy of Hans A. Rosbach.
Houghton Hall,
King’s Lynn,
Norfolk,
PE31 6UE.
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe and Britain's Haunted Heritage by Keith B. Poole.
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Houghton is a small village in Norfolk, England.
The village is listed as Houtuna in the Domesday Book of 1086, and takes its name from the Old English language; hoh (hill-spur) plus tun (enclosure, settlement or farm).
Pictured left is the façade of Houghton Hall of Dennis Smith. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
