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{{Short description|Country house & estate in England}}
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[[File:Arbury Hall Morris edited.jpg|thumb|Arbury Hall circa 1880]]
[[File:Arbury Hall Morris edited.jpg|thumb|Arbury Hall circa 1880]]
[[File:Arbury Hall 01.jpg|thumb|South front of Arbury Hall]]
[[File:Arbury Hall 01.jpg|thumb|South front of Arbury Hall]]


'''Arbury Hall''' ({{gbmapping|SP335893}}) is a [[Grade I listed building|Grade I listed]] [[country house]] in [[Nuneaton]] in [[Warwickshire]], [[England]], and is the ancestral home of the [[Newdigate family]], later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate families.
'''Arbury Hall''' ({{gbmapping|SP335893}}) is a [[Grade I listed building|Grade I listed]] [[English country houses|country house]] in [[Nuneaton]], [[Warwickshire]], England, and the ancestral home of the [[Newdigate baronets|Newdigate family]], later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate ([[Viscount Daventry]]) families.


==History==
The hall is built on the site of a former [[monastery]] in a mixture of [[Tudor style|Tudor]] and 18th-century [[Gothic architecture]], the latter being the work of Sir [[Roger Newdigate]] from designs by [[Henry Keene]].
The hall is built on the site of the former [[Arbury Priory]] in a mixture of [[Tudor architecture|Tudor]] and 18th-century [[Gothic Revival architecture]], the latter being the work of Sir [[Roger Newdigate]] from designs by [[Henry Keene (architect)|Henry Keene]].{{cn|date=October 2021}}


The hall is set in {{convert|300|acre|0}} of parkland. The 19th-century author [[George Eliot]] (Mary Anne Evans) was born on one of the estate farms in 1819, the daughter of the estate's land agent. She immortalised Arbury Hall as "Cheverel Manor" in ''[[Scenes of Clerical Life]]'', where it is the setting for "Mr Gilfil's Love Story".<ref>Cooke, George Willis. ''George Eliot: A Critical Study of her Life, Writings and Philosophy''. Whitefish: Kessinger, 2004. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1xyX3SVQinQC&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=amos+barton+church&source=web&ots=43AL8LJ9H8&sig=WqBE2oYbdKZ1rfy1NXRSQkrx2hk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA242,M1]</ref>
The 19th-century author [[George Eliot]] (Mary Anne Evans) was born on one of the estate farms in 1819, the daughter of the estate's land agent.<ref name=cooke/>


In 1911, Sir [[Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate]] erected, at Arbury Hall, a monument to the memory of George Eliot.<ref name="adb">{{cite AuDB |first= |last= |author-link= |title=Newdegate, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate (1862–1936) |volume=11 |edition= |year=1988 |id2=newdegate-sir-francis-alexander-newdigate-7824 |access-date= }}</ref>
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== See also ==

==Description==
The hall is set in {{convert|300|acre|0}} of parkland.<ref name=cooke>Cooke, George Willis. ''George Eliot: A Critical Study of her Life, Writings and Philosophy''. Whitefish: Kessinger, 2004. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1xyX3SVQinQC&dq=amos+barton+church&pg=PA242]</ref>

==In the arts==
George Eliot immortalised Arbury Hall as "Cheverel Manor" in ''[[Scenes of Clerical Life]]'', where it is the setting for "Mr Gilfil's Love Story".<ref name=cooke/>

The film ''[[Angels & Insects]]'' (1995) was shot entirely at Arbury Hall and within the grounds.{{cn|date=October 2021}}

Arbury Hall was also used as the fictional Hoxley Manor in the BBC TV series ''[[Land Girls (TV series)|Land Girls]]'' (2009).{{cn|date=October 2021}}

==Ownership==
*[[Edmund Anderson (judge)|Edmund Anderson]] (1530–1605), who demolished the priory and built Arbury Hall.{{cn|reason=Copied from [[Edmund Anderson (judge)]]|date=October 2021}}

Custodians of Arbury Hall include:<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/s?search-alias=stripbooks&field-isbn=1-84401-771-0 Wilkinson, R. (2006) Chronicles of the Newdegates and the Three Manors (1st Edition) Athena Press] {{ISBN|1-84401-771-0}}</ref>

*[[Edmund Anderson (judge)|Sir Edmund Anderson]] (1567–1586)
*John Newdegate (1586–1587)
*Sir John Newdegate (1587–1610)
*[[John Newdigate]] (1610–1642)
*[[Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet]] (1642–1665)
*[[Newdigate baronets|Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet]] (1665–1710)
*[[Newdigate baronets|Sir Richard Newdigate, 3rd Baronet]] (1710–1727)
*[[Newdigate baronets|Sir Edward Newdigate, 4th Baronet]] (1727–1734)
*[[Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet]] (1734–1806)
*[[Francis Parker Newdigate]] (1806–1835)
*[[Charles Newdigate Newdegate|The Rt Hon. Charles Newdigate-Newdegate]] (1835–1887)
*[[Edward Newdegate|Lt Gen. Sir Edward Newdigate-Newdegate]] (1887–1902)
*[[Francis Newdegate|Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate-Newdegate]] (1902–1936)
*The Hon. Mrs Lucia FitzRoy-Newdegate (1936–1950)
*[[Francis FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry|Francis Humphrey Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry]] (1950–2000)
*James Edward FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry (2000–present){{when|as of 2006?|date=October 2021}}

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==See also==
*[[Arbury Canals]]
*[[Arbury Canals]]
*[[Arbury Park, South Australia]], named after Arbury Hall


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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{{commons category|Arbury Hall}}
* [http://www.arburyestate.co.uk/ Arbury Hall and Estate]
* {{Official website|http://www.arburyestate.co.uk/}}
* [http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=308545&resourceID=5 English Heritage: detailed architectural description of Grade I listed building]
* [https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1185222&resourceID=5 English Heritage: detailed architectural description of Grade I listed building]
*[http://www.ukheritage.net/houses/arbury.htm Heritage page about Arbury Hall]
*[http://www.ukheritage.net/houses/arbury.htm Heritage page about Arbury Hall]
*[http://www.hha.org.uk/HHA/Property.aspx?id=360&vw=0 Historic Houses Association page about Arbury Hall]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100115020257/http://www.hha.org.uk/HHA/Property.aspx?id=360&vw=0 Historic Houses Association page about Arbury Hall]

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Latest revision as of 17:05, 21 August 2023

Arbury Hall circa 1880
South front of Arbury Hall

Arbury Hall (grid reference SP335893) is a Grade I listed country house in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, and the ancestral home of the Newdigate family, later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate (Viscount Daventry) families.

History[edit]

The hall is built on the site of the former Arbury Priory in a mixture of Tudor and 18th-century Gothic Revival architecture, the latter being the work of Sir Roger Newdigate from designs by Henry Keene.[citation needed]

The 19th-century author George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) was born on one of the estate farms in 1819, the daughter of the estate's land agent.[1]

In 1911, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate erected, at Arbury Hall, a monument to the memory of George Eliot.[2]

Description[edit]

The hall is set in 300 acres (121 ha) of parkland.[1]

In the arts[edit]

George Eliot immortalised Arbury Hall as "Cheverel Manor" in Scenes of Clerical Life, where it is the setting for "Mr Gilfil's Love Story".[1]

The film Angels & Insects (1995) was shot entirely at Arbury Hall and within the grounds.[citation needed]

Arbury Hall was also used as the fictional Hoxley Manor in the BBC TV series Land Girls (2009).[citation needed]

Ownership[edit]

Custodians of Arbury Hall include:[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Cooke, George Willis. George Eliot: A Critical Study of her Life, Writings and Philosophy. Whitefish: Kessinger, 2004. [1]
  2. ^ "Newdegate, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate (1862–1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 1988. ISSN 1833-7538.
  3. ^ Wilkinson, R. (2006) Chronicles of the Newdegates and the Three Manors (1st Edition) Athena Press ISBN 1-84401-771-0

External links[edit]

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