Weston Hall

The manor house dates to the 17th century, and is believed to have been built by William Hiccocke, . It was enlarged in the 1770s; in the early 19th century it was remodelled in the Tudor style. The house is situated in the village of Weston in the south of the county. It was given to the Sitwell family's ancestor Susanna Jennens in 1714 as a St. Valentine's Day present from her father Sir John Blencowe, who lived at nearby Marston St Lawrence, after the death of her husband. The property was then inherited through the female line until Sacheverell's father, the eccentric Sir George Sitwell, took a lease on the house from an aunt. The house was the home of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell from 1927…