Milton Hall, Castor

History of Milton Hall

Listed Building:

From 1594 with attic of 1773 by Sir William Chambers and south front of 1745-50 by Flitcroft. Interiors by Flitcroft and Chambers. Built by William Fitzwilliam, Lord Deputy of Ireland.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1162643?section=official-listing

The hall served as a base for volunteer forces from Napoleonic times onwards; as a hospital in the First World War; and in the Second World War as the  HQ of an AA Division, as a Czech army depot, and as an SOE/SAS training school.

See Mike Osborne, Defending Cambridgeshire