Orford House
Orford House is a country house in the small medieval hamlet of Ugley, Essex, England.
History[edit]
The house was built for Edward Russell, who went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty, in around 1700.[1] It was enlarged by Isaac Whittington MP in around 1750[2] and then passed to Colonel Chamberlayne by the late 1840s.[3] It remained in the ownership of the Chamberlayne family and then in the early 20th century it came into the ownership of the Tennant family.[4] It was for a time the marital home of Ernest and Eleonora Tennant.[5] After the Second World War it was owned by a Mr and Mrs Butterworth[6] until it was bought by the Home Farm Trust in 1983.[7] Since then it has been a care home for people with learning disabilities.[8]
The house is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Orford House, Ugley, Essex". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Whittington, Isaac". History of Parliament. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "History of Ugley". White's Directory of Essex. 1848.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "A compelling history". Essex Life. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.p. 1502
- ^ "Portrait of the village of Ugley". BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Orford House" (PDF). Humberts Leisure. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Orford House". Best Care Homes. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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