Burghley House was commissioned by William Cecil ... castle architecture from the late 13th century. Within a gatehouse entrance, built in 1801 (pictured) a vaulted ceiling is decorated ...

Burghley House was already a substantial residence in 1571 and one ... East Sussex (1441), and Henry VIII’s palace at the Field of Cloth of Gold (1520). Within the gatehouse entrance passage, the ...

Burghley House The head of an ancient Roman statue ... the statue was found near a driveway leading to the mansion’s tradesmen’s entrance—“a likely escape route for thieves” who may ...

Digger driver Greg Crawley uncovered the marble head of a Roman lady at 16th century country estate Burghley House in Peterborough, England, last year while undertaking renovation works.