1629 - Shenton Hall - Shenton, Leicestershire
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Shenton Hall, a 17th-century country house, Shenton, built in the Jacobean style of the day. The detached gatehouse incorporates a date stone of 1629.
Waymark Code: WMZYP4
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/24/2019
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"Shenton Hall is a 17th-century country house at Shenton, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The 2,300-acre (930 ha) estate at Shenton was purchased in 1625 by William Wollaston (1581–1666) and he built the house in the Jacobean style of the day. The detached gatehouse, also Grade II*, incorporates a date stone WW 1629
Wollaston and his son both served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire. On the latter's death in 1688, the estate passed to a cousin William Wollaston, writer and philosopher. The house was greatly extended to the rear in 1862.
The Wollastons occupied the house until 1940. During World War II the army took possession and the prisoners of war were accommodated on the estate."
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