Abberton Hall
| Abberton Hall | |
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.jpg) Entrance to Abberton Hall | |
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Location | Abberton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°10′43″N 2°00′34″W / 52.17861°N 2.00944°W |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
Abberton Hall is a small country house in the village of Abberton, Worcestershire, England, near Pershore.[1]
History
[edit]It is an irregular two-story house, faced with modern brick, with at its core the timber-framed house of the Sheldon family, with a brick facade and a massive stone chimneybreast (dated 1619). Abberton Hall was the seat of William Laslett, Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester.[1] This was also the home of Benjamin Gibbon (born 1914), who created murals in the garden loggia, dated to 1937.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Burke 1858, p. 671.
Biography
[edit]- J.B. Burke, A Visitation of Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1852–55, ii, p. 175
- Country Life, lxxxi, p. 24
- R. Lockett, A survey of historic parks and gardens in Worcestershire, 1997, p. 3
- Sir N. Pevsner, The buildings of England: Worcestershire, 1968, p. 68
- P. Reid, Burke's & Savill's Guide to Country Houses: vol. 2, Herefordshore, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1980 p. 191 (contains illustration)
Attribution
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Burke, Bernard (1858). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (Public domain ed.). Harrison.
External links
[edit]- Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1259952)". National Heritage List for England.
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