Brampton Bryan Hall
| Brampton Bryan Hall | |
| Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Brampton Bryan Hall | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°20’52"N, 2°55’35"W |
| Village: | Brampton Bryan |
| History | |
| Built 17th / 18th century | |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Edward Harley |
| Website: | harleyestate.co.uk |
Brampton Bryan Hall is a 17th century country house in Brampton Bryan, in Herefordshire. It is still owned by the descendants of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, chief minister under Queen Anne and is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
The house was built around 1660 by Edward Harley to replace Brampton Bryan Castle, which had been destroyed during the Civil War. It was constructed in three storeys of brick and sandstone, with a Welsh slate roof and enhanced and enlarged in the 18th century.
History
The Brampton Bryan estate had been owned by the Harley family since 1309, when Sir Robert Harley married Margaret de Brampton. It contained a deer park and the park is today Grade II listed in its own right. [2] The family lived in the Brampton Bryan Castle until it was slighted in 1644 by Parliamentarian forces during the ownership of Robert Harley (1579–1656), for which he later received significant financial compensation. His son Edward built the new house after the Restoration of the Monarchy.
The new house passed down in 1700 to Edward Harley's son Robert, who became the first Earl of Oxford in 1711. Harley served as Queen Anne's chef minister, until on her deathbed the Queen removed him to prevent Harley and his allies from obstructing the Hanoverian succession. After the Firs Earl's death, the estate passed to his son Edward, the 2nd Earl, who however preferred to live at Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, which his wife had inherited. Brampton Bryan Hall nevertheless remained in the ownership of the Earls of Oxford in succession: the 4th and 5th Earls of Oxford died in the house. The last of the line was Edward Harley, the 6th and last Earl of Oxford: after that the estate passed in 1853 to a distant relative William Daker Harley.
The house would then be sometimes leased out; in the 1870s it was occupied by General George Staunton and family. [3] The house is now the private home of Edward and Victoria Harley.
On film
The house has been used as a film location, particularly as Henry Wilcox’s country mansion in the film Howard's End.
Outside links
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1349754: The Hall
- ↑ National Heritage List 1000874: Brampton Bryan park
- ↑ "Brampton Bryan Hall History". Herefordshire History. https://herefordshirepast.co.uk/buildings/brampton-bryan-hall/. Retrieved 16 September 2019.