Newbold Verdon Hall

Newbold Verdon Hall
Newbold Verdon Hall
General information
Type	Country House
Location	Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire
Coordinates	52°37′49″N1°20′53″W / 52.6303°N 1.3481°W Coordinates: 52°37′49″N1°20′53″W / 52.6303°N 1.3481°W
Completed	c.1700
Technical details
Material	Brick with tiled roof
Designations	Grade I listed

Last updated June 27, 2020

Newbold Verdon Hall was an 18th-century country house, later a farmhouse, in the village of Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.^[1]

The house was built for Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew, Bishop of Durham, but has been modified and extended several times since then. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and has large hipped plain tiled roof with a flat top. It is built to a 2-storey double pile plan of 5 by 3 bays with basement and attic. It is approached from the end of the village main street through a forecourt with 3 pavilions (formerly 4) in the corners and was originally surrounded by a wide moat.

History

Sir Thomas Crewe, Speaker of the House of Commons, had purchased the estate in 1625, after which it had passed down to Nathaniel Crew, who died in 1721 with no children. He left the estate to his great-nephew James Montagu, MP for Chippenham and Camelford.^[2]^[3]

James made many improvements to the house and grounds. On his death in 1748 the property passed to his cousin, the diplomat Sir Edward Wortley-Montagu, MP of Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. He died in 1761 and his wife, the celebrated writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a year later, leaving Newbold Verdon (but no money) to their errant son, the traveller Edward Wortley Montagu. He sold the house in 1767 to pay his gambling debts and moved to live in the Middle East. The house was afterwards owned by the Cradock-Hartopp family until the 20th century.^[4]

By the 19th century, however, the building was being used as a rented farmhouse and renamed Hall Farm. In 1965 it belonged in turn to Mr. J.G. Selkirk and his son Ian.

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References

↑ Historic England. "Newbold Verdon Hall (1074089)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 September 2018.
↑ "Past Times: A History of Newbold Verdon". Hinckley Times. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
↑ "MONTAGU, James (?1687–1748), of Belford, Northumb. and Newbold Verdon, Leics". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
↑ "Newbold Verdon hall" (PDF). English Heritage. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

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[1] Historic England. "Newbold Verdon Hall (1074089)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 September 2018.

[2] "Past Times: A History of Newbold Verdon". Hinckley Times. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

[3] "MONTAGU, James (?1687–1748), of Belford, Northumb. and Newbold Verdon, Leics". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 September 2018.

[4] "Newbold Verdon hall" (PDF). English Heritage. Retrieved 24 September 2018.