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Houghton House is a ruined seventeenth-century mansion located in Bedfordshire, England, now in the care of English Heritage. The house was constructed during the early Stuart period and represents a significant example of early modern aristocratic domestic architecture, featuring a courtyard plan characteristic of the era. The surviving remains include substantial stone walls and foundations, with evidence of the formal gardens and associated courtyard layouts that once surrounded the principal residence. The site deteriorated significantly from the eighteenth century onwards and was eventually reduced to its present fragmentary state, though the scale and quality of the original construction remain evident in the surviving architectural elements.
Houghton House: a 17th century mansion and associated courtyard and formal garden remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013522. View the official record →
Houghton House is a ruined seventeenth-century mansion located in Bedfordshire, England, now in the care of English Heritage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013522.
Houghton House: a 17th century mansion and associated courtyard and formal garden remains is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013522.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Ruxox Farm (3.6 km), The De Grey Mausoleum (4.1 km), The Mount: a motte and bailey castle (5.3 km).
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Houghton House: a 17th century mansion and associated courtyard and formal garden remains stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.