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This spectacular Hall is the finest example of Gothic revival style in England. Sited in glorious grounds, with beautiful landscaped gardens, the Hall is built on the site of a former Augustinian priory, and probably follows much of the earlier plan. It is believed that a new house was built here in 1580 of which few details remain-this is the house that came into the hands of the Newdegate family in the 16th-century. The stables here are said to be the work of Sir Christopher Wren at the instruction of Sir Richard Newdegate in 1674. A few years later he commissioned the new chapel, which has a magnificent plaster ceiling laden with flowers and fruit.
Sir Roger Newdegate inherited the Hall whilst still at school in Westminster. On leaving University College Oxford, Sir Roger travelled extensively before becoming the Tory Member of Parliament for Middlesex and two years later in 1743, he married Sophia Conyers. Much as he enjoyed parliamentary life, he much preferred life at Arbury and by the late 1740's Sir Roger became determined to transform the property. This he did in full measure, in a programme of alteration and decoration that was to span 50 years and leave hardly any part of the house untouched save for the chimney piece in the long gallery. When Sir Roger died in 1806 he left behind a house designed and furnished on a grand scale with statues, casts and paintings brought back from all parts of Europe. The finest room in the house is the Saloon, this took twenty years to complete, it has a magnificent bow-window with the most intricate plaster tracery and lavish furnishings, and paintings.
On show are wonderful collections of oriental and Chelsea porcelain, furniture by Chippendale and Hepplewhite, and fine paintings by noted artists including Reynolds and Devis.
An interesting feature of Arbury is the fact that writer George Elliot (Mary Ann Cross 1819-1880) was born on the Estate, her father was the land agent for Arbury Hall.
Both the Hall and the beautiful landscaped grounds are open to the public.
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