Arbury Hall ( grid reference SP335893) is a Grade I listed country house in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, and the ancestral home of the Newdigate family, later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate ( Viscount Daventry) families.
History
The hall is built on the site of the former Arbury Priory in a mixture of Tudor and 18th-century Gothic Revival architecture, the latter being the work of Sir Roger Newdigate from designs by Henry Keene.[ citation needed]
The 19th-century author George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) was born on one of the estate farms in 1819, the daughter of the estate's land agent. [1]
In 1911, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate erected, at Arbury Hall, a monument to the memory of George Eliot. [2]
Description
The hall is set in 300 acres (121 ha) of parkland. [1]
In the arts
George Eliot immortalised Arbury Hall as "Cheverel Manor" in Scenes of Clerical Life, where it is the setting for "Mr Gilfil's Love Story". [1]
The film Angels & Insects (1995) was shot entirely at Arbury Hall and within the grounds.[ citation needed]
Arbury Hall was also used as the fictional Hoxley Manor in the BBC TV series Land Girls (2009).[ citation needed]
Ownership
- Edmund Anderson (1530–1605), who demolished the priory and built Arbury Hall.[ citation needed]
Custodians of Arbury Hall include: [3]
- Sir Edmund Anderson (1567–1586)
- John Newdegate (1586–1587)
- Sir John Newdegate (1587–1610)
- John Newdigate (1610–1642)
- Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet (1642–1665)
- Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet (1665–1710)
- Sir Richard Newdigate, 3rd Baronet (1710–1727)
- Sir Edward Newdigate, 4th Baronet (1727–1734)
- Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet (1734–1806)
- Francis Parker Newdigate (1806–1835)
- The Rt Hon. Charles Newdigate-Newdegate (1835–1887)
- Lt Gen. Sir Edward Newdigate-Newdegate (1887–1902)
- Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate-Newdegate (1902–1936)
- The Hon. Mrs Lucia FitzRoy-Newdegate (1936–1950)
- Francis Humphrey Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry (1950–2000)
- James Edward FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry (2000–present)[ when?]
See also
- Arbury Canals
- Arbury Park, South Australia, named after Arbury Hall
References
- ^ a b c Cooke, George Willis. George Eliot: A Critical Study of her Life, Writings and Philosophy. Whitefish: Kessinger, 2004. [1]
- ^ "Newdegate, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate (1862–1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 1988. ISSN 1833-7538.
- ^ Wilkinson, R. (2006) Chronicles of the Newdegates and the Three Manors (1st Edition) Athena Press ISBN 1-84401-771-0
External links
- Official website
- English Heritage: detailed architectural description of Grade I listed building
- Heritage page about Arbury Hall
- Historic Houses Association page about Arbury Hall
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