Wimpole Hall, Cambs, UK
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bill&ben
N 52° 08.440 W 000° 02.985
30U E 701878 N 5780788
Wimpole Hall, now run by the National Trust, is the largest house in Cambridgeshire.
Waymark Code: WMCAWR
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/17/2011
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The original hall was a moated manor house in a 200 acre deer park. In 1640 the present hall was started by Thomas Chicheley. Over the years several notable architects have altered the hall, amongst them James Gibbs, James Thornhill, Henry Flitcroft, John Soane and H E Kendall. In a similar fashion the grounds have been developed by several notable landscape gardeners, including George London, Henry Wise, Charles Bridgeman, Robert Greening, Capability Brown and Humphry Repton.
The present state of preservation of the hall is attributable to its last owners, Elsie and George Bambridge. Elsie Bambridge was the daughter of Rudyard Kipling and willed the house to the National Trust.
To the South of the house is a 2.5 mile formal drive. In modern times the drive has been bisected by the A603. During World War 2 the southern half of the drive was used to hide aircraft whilst they were prepared for take-off at the adjacent airfield. To the North of the house is park land with lakes and a folly. Near to the main hall are a farm, stable block and St Andrew’s Church
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