Tetworth Hall - Tetworth, Cambridgeshire, UK - Pre-Victorian Historic Homes on Waymarking.com

Tetworth Hall is an early 18th century house constructed of red brick. It has five bays and two storeys with a hipped roof and giant stone angle pilasters with a parapet. Pevsner describes the property well.

The style is Queen Anne and the house is Grade II Listed lying in 102 acres and owning 2500 acres of farmland and 19 cottages on the estate.

The residence was created as the home of John Pedley in 1710 who was the MP for Huntingdonshire.

The Pedleys line died out and the house was then owned by Edward Harley, the 2nd Earl of Oxford and in 1740 by Philip Yorke, the 1st Earl of Hardwick and Lord Chancellor.

Then Stanhope Pedley, a relative of the original family, bought the estate in 1759 and kept it until he died in 1802.

The estate later passed from the Pedleys to the Foleys and in the early 19th century was bought by Charles Duncombe, 1st Lord Faversham. There is both a pub in Waresley known as The Duncombe Arms and the Duncombe Mausoleum attached to the church. Some plaques in Waresley's St James church are featured in the gallery dedicated to the Duncombe family.

After this the estate was rented to the Orlebar family. Augustus Orlebar was leader of the RAF team that won the Schneider Air Trophy for Britain in 1929 and he went on to become an Air Vice Marshall.

During the war the house was requisitioned and troops were stationed in the grounds. Then in 1947 Sir Peter Crossman of the Mann, Crossman and Paulin brewing chain (later Watney Mann) rented the house with his wife Jean, Lady Crossman and their three children. Lady Crossman lived into her 90s and when she died the estate was on the market for £20million. A video of the house and article can be seen here: (visit link) and another article here: (visit link)

Earliest Recorded Date of Construction: 01/01/1710 Additional Dates of Construction: Not known Architectural Period/Style: Queen Anne Type of Building e.g. Country House, Stately Home, Manor: Country House Interesting Historical Facts or Connections: Please see above Listed Building Status (if applicable): Grade II Listed Main Material of Construction: Red Brick Private/Public Access: Private Related Website: [Web Link] Rating: Architect (if known): Not listed Landscape Designer (if known): Not listed Admission Fee (if applicable): Not Listed Opening Hours (if applicable): Not listed

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