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Haslingfield Hall

Introduction

Features of Haslingfield Hall include garden walls, a moat, pigeon house and an orchard.

The Hall was situated within a three-sided moat and surrounded by a small park, the whole bounded by a brick wall. By 1815 all but the east end of the house was demolished. The 17th-century brick bridge over the moat and a pigeon house survive, both shown on R. Relhan's painting of 1814.

The park was 8.4 hectares in 1810, had already been reduced in size, and is still being encroached upon today. The original garden contained an extensive orchard, pleasure garden, a terrace and a rusticated brick gateway. A later painting by Relhan shows the nearby church and part of the park wall.

History

Sir Thomas Wendy, physician to Henry VIII, built Haslingfield Hall in 1555. Queen Elizabeth I left here for her famous address to the University in 1564 and her image on a white charger is now the village emblem.

Period

  • Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
  • Tudor (1485-1603)
Features & Designations

Features

  • Orchard
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  • Moat
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  • Garden Wall
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  • Garden Terrace
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  • Pigeon Loft
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  • Manor House (featured building)
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Key Information

Type

Park

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Period

Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)

Survival

Extant

Civil Parish

Haslingfield

References

Contributors

  • Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust