Historic houses · London
Spains Hall
Spains Hall — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Spains Hall is a Grade I-listed building in england-london, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Spains Hall is an Elizabethan country house near Finchingfield in Essex, England. The building has been Grade I listed since 1953. The hall is named after Hervey de Ispania, who held the manor at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. From then until 2019, the land was continuously owned and occupied by three families: the de Ispania family, the Kempe family, who acquired it when Margery de Ispania married Nicholas Kempe in the early fifteenth century, and the Ruggles family (later the Ruggles-Brise family).
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Background
History
]] After the Kempe line ended, the house was bought in 1760 by Samuel Ruggles, a clothier from Bocking. His descendants, the Ruggles-Brise family, lived in the house until it was sold to Jamie Oliver in 2019. Other occupants include Sir Edward Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet (1882–1942), and his son, Sir John Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet (1908–2007).
Description
The current house dates to c. 1570, with earlier remains that include part of a medieval king post roof. The principal façade was remodelled by William Kempe in approximately 1585 and Dutch gables were added by Robert Kempe in 1637. A park of approximately 7 hectares surrounding the house was landscaped to a plan by Humphry Repton near 1807. The new landscaping remade some of the series of early seventeenth-century fishponds as ornamental water features, which gradually, are being restored today. Nearer the house are a large (2 hectare) and early (sixteenth-century) walled garden, and a mid-nineteenth-century formal garden. The grounds also include the remains of a moat around an earlier…
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- Coordinates
- 51.9676, 0.4580
- County
- Essex
- District
- Braintree
- Parish
- Finchingfield
- Postcode
- CM7 4LE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Braintree
- Official site
- finchingfieldguildhall.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7572944 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Spains Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Spains Hall?
- Spains Hall is in Essex, London, United Kingdom (postcode CM7 4LE), in the parish of Finchingfield.
- Who owns Spains Hall?
- Spains Hall is owned by Jamie Oliver.
- Is Spains Hall a listed building?
- Spains Hall is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Spains Hall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CM7 4LE. It sits within the Braintree parliamentary constituency.