Elveden Hall

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Grade II* Listed Building
Elveden Hall is a large privately owned house overlooking the large Elveden Estate in Elveden, Suffolk, England. It is located centrally to the village and is close to the A11 and the Parish Church.
The exact date of the hall's first construction is unknown but it is known to have been anciently appropriated by Bury Abbey. It was later given by Henry VIII to the Duke of Norfolk. After passing through the ownerships of the Crisp and Tyrell families, it came into the ownership of Admiral Keppel. He died without issue in 1796, when it then passed to his nephew, the Earl of Albermarle
In 1849, the Maharajah Duleep Singh, ruler of the Punjab and owner of the famous Koh-i-noor diamond was exiled to England, having been removed from his kingdom by the British East India Company.
The Maharajah purchased the 17,000-acre (69 km2) Elveden Estate in 1863 and set about rebuilding the country house and dressing it in an Italian style. However, he redesigned the insides to resemble the fine Mughal palaces that he had been accustomed to back in his childhood.
Elveden Hall's unique and impressive architecture and surrounding landscapes have been used for filming on a number of occasions. The two most famous examples are Stanley Kubrick's 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut, where it was used for the interior of the orgy scenes as well as the scenes outside the gate. It was also featured in the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie.
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