Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . nof Audley End with pencilled alterations, which circumstancestrongly confirms this idea. Thomas Howard, first Earl of Suffolk, Lord Treasurer toJames I., had inherited the estates of Audley End from hismother, Margaret Audley, daughter and eventually sole heir ofLord Chancellor Audley, to whom Henry Vlll. had given thelands of the manor and Abbey of Walden. The buildings must have been considerably advanced by1610, in which year the King visited Lord Suffolk, and again in HuMe^ lenD 177 1614. It was probably on one of these occasions tha
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . nof Audley End with pencilled alterations, which circumstancestrongly confirms this idea. Thomas Howard, first Earl of Suffolk, Lord Treasurer toJames I., had inherited the estates of Audley End from hismother, Margaret Audley, daughter and eventually sole heir ofLord Chancellor Audley, to whom Henry Vlll. had given thelands of the manor and Abbey of Walden. The buildings must have been considerably advanced by1610, in which year the King visited Lord Suffolk, and again in HuMe^ lenD 177 1614. It was probably on one of these occasions that King Jamesmade the often quoted remark that the house was too large fora King, though it might do for a Lord Treasurer! The sizeof the house soon proved a source of considerable embarrassmentto its owners, none of whom, after the death of the first Earl ofSuffolk, were able to keep up an establishment suitable to itsmagnificence. in 1721, three sides of the great quadrangle were demolishedunder the advice of Sir John Vanbrugh ; and in 1749 the whole. THE ORIGINAL HOUSE AS BUILT BY THE EARL OF SUFFOLK FROM AN OLD PRINT of the eastern wing of the present quadrangle was pulled downby Elizabeth, Countess of Portsmouth, shortly after it came intoher possession. At one time, indeed, Lady Portsmouth con-templated the destruction of the whole house, and then had anidea of converting it into a silk manufactory. But the mannerin which she finally decided to reduce its size, and adapt it tothe means of her nephew and successor. Lord Howard deWalden, resulted in entailing great expense on him. For muchrebuilding became necessary to restore the communicationbetween the north and south wings, while the loss of the 178 auMe^ Ien^ magnificent gallery, two hundred and twenty-six feet long,which was situated in the eastern wing, was irreparable. Evelyn describes the architecture of the house: It is amixt fabrick twixt antiq and modern, but observable for itsbeing compleately finished, and it i
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