1901 OXNEAD HALL, Norfolk letter Ernest Hudson, sale of fields at BLICKLING

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1901 OXNEAD HALL, Norfolk letter Ernest Hudson, sale of fields at BLICKLING
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1901 OXNEAD HALL, Norfolk letter Ernest Hudson, sale of fields at BLICKLING to Aylsham Solicitor, Mr Forster.
Oxnead Hall The house was originally built for Sir Clement around 1580, but was remodelled by Nicholas Stone, for Sir William Paston, between 1631 and 1632. At its zenith the house had seventy-nine rooms, but under the Earls of Yarmouth it declined until by 1744 it was described as ruinous.
A two-storey service wing, with mullioned and transomed Windows, is all that remains of this Hall. Pevsner comments that the west front ‘displays a nice pedimented doorway and a moulded platband between the floors.’ A nineteenth-century extension has been added and the Hall is occupied.
Nothing remains of the garden statuary installed by Nicholas Stone, though his Hercules, originally from Oxnead, can be seen in the Orangery at Blickling Hall. Blickling, in its parterre, also has a sixteenth- or early seventeenth-century fountain, consisting of a basin on a base, bought from Oxnead in 1732.
On 21 August 2016 the gardens were opened to the public in aid of charity, the hall is now usedfor weddings & events
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1901 OXNEAD HALL, Norfolk letter Ernest Hudson, sale of fields at BLICKLING to Aylsham Solicitor, Mr Forster.Oxnead Hall The house was originally built for Sir Clement around 1580, but was remodelled by Nicholas Stone, for Sir William Paston, between 1631 and 1632. At its zenith the house had seventy-nine rooms, but under the Earls of Yarmouth it declined until by 1744 it was described as ruinous. A two-storey service wing, with mullioned and transomed Windows, is all that remains of this Hall. Pevsner comments that the west front ‘displays a nice pedimented doorway and a moulded platband between the floors.’ A nineteenth-century extension has been added and the Hall is occupied. Nothing remains of the garden statuary installed by Nicholas Stone, though his Hercules, originally from Oxne
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Country
England
Estate or House name
Oxnead Hall
Family Surname
Hudson
City/Town/Village/Place
Aylsham
England County
Norfolk
Era
1901-1950
Addressed to
Mr Forster
Document Type
Manuscript Letter
Year of Issue
1901