Cranborne Manor
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Cranborne Manor is a grade I listed country house in the county of Dorset
in southern England
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The manor dates back to the thirteenth century, and was originally a hunting lodge. It was remodelled for the 1st Earl of Salisbury
in the early 17th century. The main seat of the earls and marquesses of Salisbury is Hatfield House
in Hertfordshire
, and Cranborne Manor is often the home of the heir to the title, who uses the courtesy title
Viscount Cranborne.
The estate consists of a 3,000 acre in hand farm and over 1,700 acres of woods, as well as the park and gardens. The garden is open to the public on a regular basis, but the house is not open.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
in southern England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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The manor dates back to the thirteenth century, and was originally a hunting lodge. It was remodelled for the 1st Earl of Salisbury
Earl of Salisbury
Earl of Salisbury is a title that has been created several times in British history. It has a complex history, being first created for Patrick de Salisbury in the middle twelfth century. It was eventually inherited by Alice, wife of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster...
in the early 17th century. The main seat of the earls and marquesses of Salisbury is Hatfield House
Hatfield House
Hatfield House is a country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, First Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to King James I and has been the home of the Cecil...
in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, and Cranborne Manor is often the home of the heir to the title, who uses the courtesy title
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...
Viscount Cranborne.
The estate consists of a 3,000 acre in hand farm and over 1,700 acres of woods, as well as the park and gardens. The garden is open to the public on a regular basis, but the house is not open.