Abington Hall, Great Abington

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Abington Hall (early 19th cent)

History of Abington Hall

Listed Building

Country house. 1711-13, much altered in the late 18th Century. Built for Maximilian Western, under the direction of Richard Humberstone, using a team of craftsmen which included the Cambridge mason Robert Grumbold. Exterior first painted c.1815 for Lord Chatham. … The grounds were laid out by Humphry Repton c.1800. The late C18 and early C19 details are similar to those at Abington Lodge also the home of Mr Mortlock. The estate was owned by the Earls of Oxford till 1610; Mr Mortlock purchased the estate in 1779. The last Mortlock owner was transported for firing on his uncle, vicar of Little Abington, whom he believed had cheated him out of part of his inheritance. The house was let to the Earl of Chatham amongst others in the early C19.

See W M Palmer (1924):

Originally this was the location of the dower house of the Countess of Oxford as early as 1267. It belonged to the Earl of Oxford until about 1600 when it was sold.

1610 Hall belongd to Lord Compton

1660 owner was John Bennet who also owned Babraham. Bennet’s widow let the Hall Farm to Henry Westley.

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