Complex sentence: Originally the site of a fortified manor licensed in 1332, the present Grade 1 listed building was built in the 1720s as an almost exact copy of Palladio's Villa Rotunda.
Split into simpler sentences: Originally the site of a fortified manor licensed in 1332. The present Grade 1 listed building was built in the 1720s as an almost exact copy of Palladio's Villa Rotunda.