Houghton Hall, Walled Garden and Sculpture Park

Palladian Mansion built for Britain's First Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.

Houghton Hall is a beautiful Palladian Mansion in North Norfolk built for Britain’s First Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, in the 1720s. It is now home to the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley and his family – a descendant of Sir Robert Walpole. The Hall is set in extensive parkland, with its famous white fallow deer, an award-winning Walled Garden, a Soldier Museum (the largest private collection of model soldiers in the world), Cafe and Gift Shop.


Stephen Cox Exhibition, 2025: A major exhibition by the acclaimed British sculptor Stephen Cox will be presented across the park, gardens and interiors of Houghton Hall from 4 May to 28 September.

The exhibition will represent the largest and most comprehensive group of work the artist has ever shown. Spanning over 40 years, it will include work conceived and produced all over the world from India to Egypt, Italy and the UK.

Stephen Cox is one of the most revered British artists of his generation, best known for his monumental works in stone. His work is known worldwide, with celebrated exhibitions including MOMA, New York and the National Gallery and Tate Britain, London. Using traditional techniques, he has carved marble, alabaster and porphyry, and was the first artist for many centuries to gain access to the Imperial Porphyry Quarries in the Eastern Mountains of Egypt.

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