Faulkbourne Hall is a
Grade I listed
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manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
in the village of
Faulkbourne in Essex.
It is the centre of the manor of Faulkbourne, first recorded under
Edward the Confessor
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Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeede ...
. Its grounds contain the
parish church
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, which is dedicated to
Saint Germanus.
The earliest surviving parts of Faulkbourne Hall, a red-bricked building with turrets, date from the 15th century.
Sir Edward Bullock purchased the Hall and the manor of Faulkbourne in 1637 and made substantial additions to the building. Further extensions were made in the 19th century.
The Hall is considered a fine specimen of early
Tudor red-brick design. Its exterior holds a number of metalled vanes in the form of flags bearing the initials of the
Bullock family
The Bullock family traces its roots to the 12th century, living primarily in the southern English counties of Berkshire and Essex from the mid-Norman period to the late Victorian era.
Origins of the name
The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon ...
, which owned the Hall from 1637 to 1897.
See also
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Bullock family
The Bullock family traces its roots to the 12th century, living primarily in the southern English counties of Berkshire and Essex from the mid-Norman period to the late Victorian era.
Origins of the name
The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon ...
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Sir Edward Bullock
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Colonel John Bullock
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References
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Buildings and structures in Braintree District