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Upton Hall
In 956, one hundred and ten years before the Norman conquest, King Edwy donated the land on which the present Upton Hall now stands, to Archbishop Oscytel of York. The record of a Hall on the site cannot be found before 1335 and this Hall was occupied by one Robert Bagenham. During the time of the Civil War, circa 1645, Martin Oglethorpe was Squire of Upton and lived in Upton Hall; a small part of Oglethorpe's Elizabethan Hall can still be seen in the present structure. By 1795 the land was owned by the then Lord Carrington. The main part of the present Hall was built in 1828 by Thomas Wright (1773-1845) a banker who was also High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1811. He employed W J Donthome to design a tall stately building exhibiting neo-Greek characteristics in smooth stucco with low pitched slate roofs behind corniced parapets, with a central leaded dome and tetrastyle Ionic portico with pediment. In 1895, John Warwick, a brewer of the Newark firm 'Warwick & Richardson' which used to be in Northgate, Newark, purchased the Hall for his family home. He added a large West Wing incorporating a Ballroom, a Billiards Room, and six further bedrooms with their accompanying dressing rooms. He remodelled the interior of the late Georgian building adding Jacobean style decoration to the Main Hall. In 1936 Sir Albert Ball, one time Mayor of Nottingham and father of the famous holder of the VC, bought the property but never actually took up residence. The Institute bought the Hall from St Joseph's Roman Catholic Theological College in 1972. Since 1952 the Hall has been a listed building and more recently it was classified Grade II* which places it within the top 5% of all listed buildings in the United Kingdom. Opening HoursMembers of the BHI are welcome to visit Upton Hall throughout the year during normal office hours by prior arrangement. Group visits are welcome at any time by appointment only. Disabled AccessAn entrance for wheelchairs is available at the rear of the building, but this gives access to the ground floor of the building only. Car ParkingThere is a parking for 40 cars and 3 coaches on site. LocationOn the A612 between Southwell and Newark. See Map and details Page address http://www.bhi.co.uk/uptonhal.htm |
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