The house, begun in 1640, and its 3,000 acres (12 km²) of parkland and farmland are owned by the National Trust and are regularly open to the public. Several architects and landscape designers contributed to Wimpole Hall's completion (most famously James Gibbs).
A child's grave
Random statue
A Stately Home is a 'smaller' castle designed specifically for one family. Here is a chronology of owners...
- 1640 Sir Thomas Chicheley
- 1686 Sir John Cutler
- 1693 Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor
- 1710 John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4th Earl of Clare
- 1711 Henrietta Holles
- 1713 Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
- 1740 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
- 1764 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
- 1790 Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke
- 1834 Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke
- 1873 Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke
- 1894 Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden
- 1919 Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden
- 1938 Captain and Mrs George Bambridge
- 1976 The National Trust
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