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HOLLAND PARK HOUSE
Jacobean Mansion (early 1600’s) King James
found the palace draughty and cold and did not enjoy his stay there.
The house takes its name from the Earl of
Holland (3rd owner of the house).
During the civil war
Parliamentarians seized the house. Holland House later became a social centre
for literary figures such as
Dickens, Wordsworth, Byron, and Moore, to name a few.
In 1804 Lord Camelford was shot dead in a duel
in the grounds to the west of the house. The house suffered severe damage from
German bombs during World War II, restoration work began in the 1950’s
although it was not possible to restore all of it.
Today, the front terrace of Holland House is used for open air
concerts.
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