Wollaton Hall is an Elizabethan country house in Nottingham, England, built between 1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby from resources he mainly obtained from coalmining. It is believed to be designed by the Elizabethan architect, Robert Smythson, who incorporated early Jacobean elements. The Willoughby family were noted for the number of explorers they produced, most famously Sir Hugh Willoughby who died in the Arctic in 1554 attempting the North East Passage, Willoughby's Land is named after him.

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