The positioning occupied by the 2 pavilions has a regal previous.
In 1541, the 400-acre deer park at Stoke Bruerne was acquired by Henry VIII who, along with his second spouse Anne Boleyn, used it for looking.
Then, in 1629, the ill-fated Charles I gave it to Sir Frances Crane to settle a debt.
Below Sir Frances, the medieval looking lodge was changed by a formidable new nation home, the primary in England constructed within the Italian Palladian fashion.
Linked by colonnades stood two pavilions – one, a chapel; the opposite, a library.
At this time, the home (and its later alternative) are gone. The 2 pavilions, nonetheless, whose design is attributed to Inigo Jones, nonetheless stand.
