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'''Sheringham Hall''' is a [[Grade II* listed buildings in North Norfolk|Grade II*]] listed building which stands in the grounds of [[Sheringham Park]] which is owned by the [[National Trust]]. The house is close to the village of [[Upper Sheringham]] in the [[England|English]] [[County]] of [[Norfolk]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=OS252>{{cite book |title=OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East. |publisher=Ordnance Survey |date=2008-07-21 |edition=A3 |isbn=9780319240380 |page=1 |work=Ordnance Survey detailed Explorer Map}}</ref> The hall was built on the instructions of Abbot and Charlotte Upcher<ref name=CHOUSENOR>{{cite book |title=The Country Houses of Norfolk – The Major Houses |last=Clarke |first=David|publisher=Geo. R. Reeve Ltd, Wymondham, Norfolk |date=2006 |isbn=9780900616761 |page=85 |work=Details and description of Sheringham Hall}}</ref> who engaged the architect and landscape designer [[Humphry Repton]] and his son [[John Adey Repton]]<ref>Landscapes of Taste: The Art of Humphry Repton's Red Books (Classical Tradition in Architecture) (Hardcover) ISBN 0-415-41503-9</ref> to build the house and to present designs for the surrounding parklands. Humphry worked on the landscape and John designed the hall.<ref name=PEVSN>{{cite book |title=Norfolk: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |publisher=Penguin Books Ltd |date=1976 |isbn=9780300096071|date=ISBN No. for a later edition|page=314|work=Details and description of Sheringham hall}}</ref> The house is privately owned<ref name=CHOUSENOR /> is not open to the public but can be viewed from the surrounding parkland. |
'''Sheringham Hall''' is a [[Grade II* listed buildings in North Norfolk|Grade II*]] listed building which stands in the grounds of [[Sheringham Park]] which is owned by the [[National Trust]].<ref name=NT>{{cite web|title=History of Sheringham Park|http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sheringham-park/history/|work=References to the purchase and building of the Hall|publisher=The National Trust|accessdate=24 August 2014}}</ref> The house is close to the village of [[Upper Sheringham]] in the [[England|English]] [[County]] of [[Norfolk]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=OS252>{{cite book |title=OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East. |publisher=Ordnance Survey |date=2008-07-21 |edition=A3 |isbn=9780319240380 |page=1 |work=Ordnance Survey detailed Explorer Map}}</ref> The hall was built on the instructions of Abbot and Charlotte Upcher<ref name=CHOUSENOR>{{cite book |title=The Country Houses of Norfolk – The Major Houses |last=Clarke |first=David|publisher=Geo. R. Reeve Ltd, Wymondham, Norfolk |date=2006 |isbn=9780900616761 |page=85 |work=Details and description of Sheringham Hall}}</ref> who engaged the architect and landscape designer [[Humphry Repton]] and his son [[John Adey Repton]]<ref>Landscapes of Taste: The Art of Humphry Repton's Red Books (Classical Tradition in Architecture) (Hardcover) ISBN 0-415-41503-9</ref> to build the house and to present designs for the surrounding parklands. Humphry worked on the landscape and John designed the hall.<ref name=PEVSN>{{cite book |title=Norfolk: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) |last=Pevsner |first=Nikolaus |publisher=Penguin Books Ltd |date=1976 |isbn=9780300096071|date=ISBN No. for a later edition|page=314|work=Details and description of Sheringham hall}}</ref> The house is privately owned<ref name=CHOUSENOR /> is not open to the public but can be viewed from the surrounding parkland. |
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| Alternative names | Sheringham Bower |
| General information | |
| Type | Historic house |
| Location | Upper Sheringham |
| Address | Sheringham Hall, Upper Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8TB |
| Town or city | Sheringham |
| Country | England |
| Construction started | July 1813 |
| Completed | 1817 |
| Client | Abbot and Charlotte Upcher |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Gault-brick house with Welsh slate roof |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Adey Repton (hall), Humphrey Repton (landscape) |
Sheringham Hall is a Grade II* listed building which stands in the grounds of Sheringham Park which is owned by the National Trust.[2] The house is close to the village of Upper Sheringham in the English County of Norfolk in the United Kingdom.[3] The hall was built on the instructions of Abbot and Charlotte Upcher[4] who engaged the architect and landscape designer Humphry Repton and his son John Adey Repton[5] to build the house and to present designs for the surrounding parklands. Humphry worked on the landscape and John designed the hall.[6] The house is privately owned[4] is not open to the public but can be viewed from the surrounding parkland.
History
The current hall at Sheringham park was built close to the site of an earlier Jacobean style hall, which was demolished, that had stood some 600 meters east of today’s hall. This house stood in a smaller estate and was owned by Flower’s Family who were an influential family from the Sheringham area. Records show that a Cook Flowers[7] was one of three lords of the manor in Sheringham[8] In 1792 Cook Flower bought the previous house that stood here. It was described as an extensive and attractive estate. It was Cook Flower who began to landscape and plant the woodland on the hilltops around the house leaving the rolling pastures below as arable farmland.
Sale to Abbot Upcher
Abbot Upcher was the son of Peter and Elizabeth Upcher[4] of Ormesby St Michael a small village seven miles from Great Yarmouth. He was married to Charlotte Wilson[4] and now had a rapidly growing family with a son called Henry Ramey Upcher and a daughter called Charlotte Mary. Upcher decided that what his family needed was a larger house and in 1811[4] he purchased[8] the estate and the existing manor house owned by Cook Flower at Sheringham. After some negotiation a fee of £52,000[4] was agreed between the two men and an agreement was signed with Flowers legal representative by the name of William Repton[4] who resided in Aylsham. William Repton was the son of Humphrey Repton the landscape designer and architect. Upcher attended dinner[4] with William Repton at the time of the purchase of the hall and estate and it was at this dinner where Upcher was introduced to William Repton's father Humphry Repton, the Landscape architect.[4] It was during this dinner where it was discussed and agreed that Repton’s father should oversee the design and construction of the house and the estate. Humphry Repton concentrated on the Landscaping whilst his other son, John Adey Repton[6] was placed in charge of the design and construction of the new hall.[9]
Construction
Two years after Upcher had purchased the property work finally began on the new hall on the 2 July 1812.[4] One of the first scheduled job was to construct a new track (Now known as the Back Drive) down to the coast road which would be necessary to transport all the building materials to the estate. The Gault bricks for the face brickwork of the hall where from Lincolnshire and were brought to Norfolk by sea. Other materials arrived by train to near-by Weybourne station and hauled to site along the new road. Other building materials used on the new hall were reclamations from local sources. These included Oak retrieved from a wrecked ship at Blakeney and other timber from a local demolished granary. [10] The construction of the house ran simultaneously with the landscaping of the estate. This work also included a terrace garden on the north south of the hall which sat in the lee of the hill.
References
- ^ "Sheringham Hall– Upper Sheringham – Norfolk – England". Grade II listing details for Sheringham Hall. British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "History of Sheringham Park". References to the purchase and building of the Hall. The National Trust.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help); Text "http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sheringham-park/history/" ignored (help) - ^ OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East (A3 ed.). Ordnance Survey. 2008-07-21. p. 1. ISBN 9780319240380.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j Clarke, David (2006). The Country Houses of Norfolk – The Major Houses. Geo. R. Reeve Ltd, Wymondham, Norfolk. p. 85. ISBN 9780900616761.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Landscapes of Taste: The Art of Humphry Repton's Red Books (Classical Tradition in Architecture) (Hardcover) ISBN 0-415-41503-9
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus (ISBN No. for a later edition). Norfolk: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England). Penguin Books Ltd. p. 314. ISBN 9780300096071.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "British History online - Sheringham". Paragraph 11 reference to the three lords of the manor including Cook Flowers. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Upcher of Sheringham". Deed of the Sheringham Estate and Manor from Cook Flower to Abbott Upcher – includes bundled of previous conveyances of the estate. The National Archives. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Sheringham Hall, North Norfolk, England". Reference to John Adey Repton design og Sheringham hall. © Copyright Parks and Gardens Data Services Ltd. 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Norfolk Heritage Explorer – Sheringham Hall". Reference to the reclamation of timber for the Hall. © 2007 - 2014 Norfolk Historic Environment Service. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- Attribution
. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.