Sandringham House [22 photos] in TF69422876 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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Sandringham House

Sandringham House is a neo-Jacobean style country house, located on the Royal Sandringham Estate, which lies within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It was built in 1870 by the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. It has been passed down as a private home through four generations of British monarchs and is now the country retreat of Her Majesty Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The house is privately owned the Queen and is and not part of the Crown Estate

Sandringham was once described as 'The most comfortable house in England' Link

. It is a Grade II* listed building (Link

English Heritage list).

Sandringham's gardens were opened to the public by King Edward VII in 1908, and the Museum by King George V in 1930; Sandringham House was opened to the public at Her Majesty The Queen's wish in her Silver Jubilee year of 1977 (see Link

for details of opening times).

Link

The Official Website of the British Monarchy

by David Dixon

Created: Thu, 13 Aug 2015, Updated: Thu, 13 Aug 2015

22 images use this description:

TF6928 : Sandringham Museum by David Dixon

TF6928 : West Front, Sandringham House by David Dixon

TF6929 : Sandringham, Norwich Gates (detail) by David Dixon

TF6928 : The Summer House, Sandringham Estate by David Dixon

TF6929 : Gardens and Woodland, Sandringham Estate by David Dixon

TF6928 : East Front, Sandringham House by David Dixon

TF6929 : Path in Woodland Walk, Sandringham Estate by David Dixon

TF6928 : Clock Tower, Sandringham House by David Dixon

TF6929 : Sandringham, The Norwich Gates by David Dixon

TF6928 : Chinese Joss, Sandringham Gardens by David Dixon

TF6928 : Old Father Time, Sandringham Gardens by David Dixon

TF6928 : Sandringham House, Royal Coat of Arms Above the Entrance by David Dixon

TF6928 : Road on Sandringham Estate by David Dixon

TF6928 : Sandringham House and West Lawn by David Dixon

TF6928 : Sandingham House and East Lawn by David Dixon

TF6928 : Sandringham House, North Garden by David Dixon

TF6929 : Sandringham Estate, Woodland Walk by David Dixon

TF6928 : Sandringham Gardens, Buddha Statue and Attending Lions by David Dixon

TF6928 : Royal Cars, Sandringham Museum by David Dixon

TF6928 : Oriental Lion at Sandringham by David Dixon

TF6929 : Driveway and Norwich Gates, Sandringham by David Dixon

TF6928 : Lodge and Golden Jubilee Gates, Sandringham by David Dixon

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