Kilverstone Hall

Kilverstone Hall is a Grade II listed building in Kilverstone in Norfolk, England.

Kilverstone Hall

History

Kilverstone Hall is a country house built in the early 17th century[1] which was passed down the Wright family of Kilverstone.[2] It was greatly enlarged by Josiah Vavasseur, technical director of the arms manufacturing firm William Armstrong Ltd.[3] It included a parkland estate of 3,000 acres (12 km2). Upon Vavasseur's death in 1908 the house and park were inherited by Cecil Fisher, son of Admiral Lord Fisher and adopted heir to Vavasseur. Admiral Fisher and his wife moved into the Hall by invitation of Cecil Fisher upon the Admiral's retirement as First Sea Lord in 1910 and lived there until he was recalled as First Sea Lord upon the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Lord Fisher's grave is in Kilverstone churchyard.[4] The house was remodelled in a Jacobean style in 1913. It still remains the property of the Fisher family and has the mailed fist and trident of Lord Fisher's baronial crest on its gateposts.[5]

The house is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.[6] The Kilverstone Club in the grounds of the house is Grade II listed, as is the water tower, entrance lodge, stable block, and the base of a Medieval cross near the hall.[7][8][9][10][11]

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References
  1. "Kilverstone Hall, Kilverstone". British listed buildings. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2". Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. "Lord Fisher". The Telegraph. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. "John Arbuthnot Fisher". Find a grave. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  5. Jan Morris, Fisher's Face, pages 742-743, ISBN 0-679-41609-9
  6. Historic England, "Kilverstone Hall (1076916)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 March 2018
  7. Historic England, "Kilverstone Club in grounds of Kilvestone Hall (1342789)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 March 2018
  8. Historic England, "Water tower to Kilvestone Hall (1305994)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 March 2018
  9. Historic England, "Entrance lodge to Kilvestone Hall (1170566)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 March 2018
  10. Historic England, "Stable block to Kilvestone Hall (1076917)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 March 2018
  11. Historic England, "Medieval cross base (mounting block) at Kilvestone Hall (1076886)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 March 2018

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