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Ickworth

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Ickworth

House and 730 ha/1803 acre estate in Suffolk, England, 1 km/0.5 mi southwest of Bury St Edmunds. Ickworth was built by Frederick Augustus Hervey (1730–1803), 4th Earl of Bristol and bishop of Derry, around 1794, and was given to the National Trust by the Treasury in 1956.

Its unusual design comprises an elliptical rotunda with two curved corridors leading to flanking wings. The rotunda was designed to contain the living accommodation, while the wings were designed to house the bishop's collections of furniture, silver, pictures, and sculpture. The collections are now on display in the house, which is open to the public.



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