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The maps of this time show extensive outbuildings at
Lesingham House, many of which are today used along with the house as accommodation for religious retreats. The Lesingham House property today has land of slightly less than 6 acres (2.4 ha). Records show field names for the original Lesingham
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It is possible that the building stood on the site of an older house owned by the
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Lesingham House was supposedly built in 1655, and parts of the original structure may be included in the building we see today. A tablet in the house at the bottom of the staircase reads, âLesingham House 1655 Rebuilt in part in 1834 by Gibbs
Murrellâ. It is recorded as belonging to Murrell in
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and brick- and tile-maker. The
Murrells were an old Surlingham family who lived at Lesingham House for many generations. Their land was mostly in the centre of the village. With Gibbs Murrell lived his wife Catherine and his son Gibbs H. Murrell. Also living in the house at the time of the
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