Holdenby House
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In 1607 the mansion was bought by Elizabeth I's successor James I, as a replacement for Theobalds, the country palace he had sold earlier that year. In February 1647 James I's son Charles I was brought to Holdenby by the Scots and handed over to Parliament. He remained a prisoner there until removed the by the army in June 1647. Parliament sold the property to Captain Adam Baynes who demolished the house almost entirely except for a small domestic wing.
Holdenby later in 1709 was bought by the Marlborough family, who in turn sold it to their kinsmen the Clifden Family. whose descendants, the Lowthers in the female line still own the property. The Cliftons in two stages between 1873 - 5 and 188 -8 built a new house incorporating the remains of the older mansion. The new house in the style of the older is approximately one eighth the size of its predecessor and was designed by the architect Richard Carpenter.
Today all that remains of Hatton's great house are two archways, now standing on a lawn, which once gave access to the courtyards, a near identical third arch bears the date 1659 so was thus erected by Baynes the Cromwellian owner. Holdenby House remains a private residence, however the garden are open to the public, with several tourist attractions. The interior of the mansion is opened to the public for a few days of the year.Template:UK-struct-stub