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Enville Hall

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The house has a 16th and 17th-century U-shaped core formed by the hall range and two flanking wings enclosing a south facing main courtyard. An 18th-century extension to the east encloses a second courtyard. A further extension c.1770 created a north-west wing, when at the same time the south front
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was made Earl of Stamford in 1628 and the 3rd Earl would then vacate Bradgate in favour of Enville. It passed down through the Earls of Stamford, the 5th Earl creating the Gothic frontage and the 7th Earl building a large, ornate conservatory (since demolished).
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was remodelled in the Gothic style. It is constructed in 3 storeys of rough cast bricks with a hipped slate roof and stands in an estate of some 6,500 acres of park and farmland.
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Nevertheless the hall was rebuilt and passed to Katherine's son John Foley Grey and in turn to his daughter Eileen, who had married the
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After the 7th Earl's childless death in 1883, the Grey estates were split, some, including
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is an English Tudor country house in the village of Enville, Staffordshire. It is a
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The Enville estate was acquired in the 15th century by the Grey family of
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Country House
Enville, Staffordshire
Coordinates
52°28′24″N 2°15′35″W / 52.47340°N 2.25959°W / 52.47340; -2.25959
Grade II listed
Grade II listed building
Bradgate Park
Henry Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Groby
Dunham Massey
Sir Henry Foley Lambert
Earl of Harrington
Listed buildings in Enville, Staffordshire
Historic England
"Enville Hall (1230636)"
National Heritage List for England
"Enville Hall, Staffordshire"
Categories
Grade II listed buildings in Staffordshire
Country houses in Staffordshire

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