Theobalds House
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Theobalds House, also known as Theobalds Palace, was a significant 16th-century stately home located in the parish of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
Set in extensive parkland, it was a residence of statesmen Lord Burghley and his son the Earl of Salisbury, both leading royal advisers. It was a notable example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. It became a royal palace in the seventeenth century when it was acquired by King James I, who died there in 1625. The palace was demolished as a result of the English Civil War.
A new mansion, Theobalds Park, was built on the estate in 1763, about a mile west of the palace: this Grade II* listed building now serves as a hotel. The site of the original sixteenth-century palace is now occupied by a public park, Cedars Park, in which some Grade II listed remnants of the palace can be seen.
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