Audley End

The main structure of Audley End is little altered since the main front court was demolished and the east wing came down in 1753. The rooms are a blend of many generations of taste and some, such as the Great Hall, have been changed substantially.

In the 1760s, Robert Adam brought his own brand of neoclassical architecture to the house, as seen in the Great Apartment, while Lancelot 'Capability' Brown transformed the parkland. Sir John Griffin Griffin, later the fourth Baron Howard de Walden and first Baron Braybrooke, made sweeping changes before he died in 1797.

The house's interior today, however, is largely the product of ownership by the third Baron Braybrooke, who inherited Audley End in 1825. He installed his huge picture collection, filled the rooms with furnishings and reinstated something of the original Jacobean feel to the State Rooms. The fourth Baron Braybrooke's natural history collection is also a real feature of the house.