Annesley Hall, Nottinghamshire

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Annesley Hall
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General information
Type English country house
Location Annesley
Town or city Nottingham
CountryEngland
Coordinates 53°03′56″N1°15′03″W / 53.065582°N 1.250818°W / 53.065582; -1.250818
Designations Grade II listed building [1]

Annesley Hall is a Grade II listed country house near Annesley in Nottinghamshire, England and the ancestral home of the Chaworth-Musters family. The 13th-century park, 17th-century terraces and 19th-century pleasure gardens and walled gardens of the hall are Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. [2]

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History

The Hall dates from the mid-13th century and was the home of the Annesley family, passing to the Chaworth family when Alice, heiress to the Manor of Annesley, married George Chaworth, third son of Sir Thomas Chaworth of Wiverton, in the 15th century. The Chaworth family were to possess the estate for the next 350 years. It was significantly enlarged and improved by Patrick Chaworth, 3rd Viscount Chaworth, in the 17th century when damage to his family seat at Wiverton obliged him to move to Annesley.

Mary Chaworth, who lived at the Hall, was the boyhood lover of the poet Lord Byron, who lived at nearby Newstead Abbey. Byron's poem "The Dream" concerns the meeting of two lovers on Diadem Hill, part of the Misk Hills range, which belonged to the Annesley estate. [3] The uncle of the poet Byron had killed William Chaworth in a duel at the Star and Garter tavern in Pall Mall, London after a meeting of the "Nottinghamshire Club" that met there every month. Mary Chaworth eventually married John Musters of Colwick Hall in 1805. Their teenage son, Charles Musters, sailed as a Volunteer 1st Class aboard HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin, but died of malaria in South America on 19 May 1832. The Chaworth-Musters family became one of the most powerful families in Nottinghamshire. John Chaworth-Musters was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1864–65. Structural alterations to the hall took place in the 18th and 19th centuries, including the addition of a service wing c.1880.

Annesley Lodge, the former gatehouse to the hall, is also grade II listed.

20th and 21st century

It remained in the hands of the Chaworth-Musters family until sold by Major Robert Patricius Chaworth-Musters in 1972. The new purchasers carried out extensive internal alterations and removed many of the 17th century fittings.

The hall suffered a fire in 1997 which caused damage to the structure and it has not been lived in since. The hall is now in private ownership, in very poor condition and not open to the public. [4] English Heritage have listed the building on the 'Buildings at Risk Register' as high vulnerability and deteriorating. [5]

Two of the three floors at the hall were severely damaged in a fire on 16 May 2015. [6]

Annesley Old Church

Annesley Old Church, near to the hall, is a grade I listed building and a scheduled ancient monument. It is on the Heritage at Risk register but the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £450,000 towards its conservation. [7]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Annesley Hall (1234836)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. Historic England, "Annesley Hall (1001077)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 12 October 2017
  3. nottshistory.org
  4. chad.co.uk
  5. english-heritage.org
  6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-32763465
  7. "Annesley Old Church to be conserved". Heritage Lottery Fund. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.

Coordinates: 53°03′56″N1°15′03″W / 53.065582°N 1.250818°W / 53.065582; -1.250818