Stambourne Hall is a

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within the

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Stambourne __NOTOC__ Stambourne is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District in north Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgesh ...

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, England. It lies to behind to the northeast of St. Peter & St. Thomas's Church, Stambourne. Stambourne Hall is recorded in the

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as a Grade II

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. Historic England states the house dates to the 15th century. It is of five bedrooms in an L shape that were originally two separate houses, both of manorial status but of different types and dates. The houses were later joined and the whole has been substantially altered over the centuries. The site is moated and extends over seven acres. According to the previous owner, a

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, the house was built in 1348, according to a date on the central hearth."Hey, good looking", Karen Robinson, ''

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'', 5 July 2015. Member of Parliament Henry Macwilliam (c. 1532-86) lived in the house. Macwilliam's grandson, Sir Charles Stanhope sold the manor of

to Rachael, the widow of Sir John Cambell of Clay Hall,

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.Thomas Wright, ''The History and Topography of Essex'', vol. 1 (London, 1836), pp. 640-1. In the nineteenth century the house was occupied by the Fry family of chocolate makers. In July 2015, the house was for sale with an asking price of £1.65 million. The Hodge family are now the owners (2017).

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