Hill House, Saffron Walden

Hill House is a 19th-century building at 75 High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, England. It is listed Grade II.

In 1845, George Stacey Gibson (1818–1883) and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel Tuke, bought Hill House and lived there until their death. Gibson was a British banker, botanist and philanthropist.[1]

Their only child, Mary Wyatt Gibson (1855–1934)[2] lived at Hill House until her death. After her death, most of the grounds of Hill House were developed for housing, and the family name lives on in Gibson Gardens, Gibson Way and Gibson Close.[1]

The building was listed in 1972 and is now divided into 17 flats.[3]

References
  1. "GEORGE STACEY GIBSON (1818 - 1883)". Hundred Parishes Society. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. Joseph Foster (1871). The Pedigree of Wilson of High Wray and Kendal and the Families Connected with Them: Comp. from Private Pedigrees and Completed to the Present Time. private circulation. pp. 109–110. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. Historic England. "Hill House (1206101)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

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