Abberton Hall

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Abberton Hall
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TypeHouse
LocationAbberton
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 52°10′43″N2°00′34″W / 52.17861°N 2.00944°W / 52.17861; -2.00944 Coordinates: 52°10′43″N2°00′34″W / 52.17861°N 2.00944°W / 52.17861; -2.00944
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Abberton Hall is a small country house in the village of Abberton, Worcestershire, England, near Pershore. [1]

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History

It is an irregular two-story house, faced with modern brick, with at its core the timber-framed house of the Sheldon family, with a brick facade and a massive stone chimneybreast (dated 1619). Abberton Hall was the seat of William Laslett, Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester. [1] This was also the home of Benjamin Gibbon (born 1914), who created murals in the garden loggia, dated to 1937.

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  1. 1 2 Burke 1858, p. 671.

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