Newe House is a
Grade II* listed
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Jacobean dower house
A dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the previous owner of an English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish estate (house), estate. The widow, often known as the "dowager", usually moves into the dower house fr ...
in the village of
Pakenham, Suffolk
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.
Newe House was built in 1622 by Sir Robert Bright and today the façade of the house remains largely unmodified. Sir Robert had bought the land surrounding Pakenham from the Bacon family several years before. In the late 1640s it was sold to
Sir William Spring, who had been a prominent
Parliamentarian during the
Civil War
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. The house remained in the
Spring family
The Spring family is a Suffolk Landed gentry, gentry family that has been involved in the politics and economy of East Anglia since the 15th century, as well as holding large estates in Ireland from the 16th century.Joseph Jackson Howard, ‘Spri ...
until the mid-nineteenth century, being used as the family
dower house
A dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the previous owner of an English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish estate (house), estate. The widow, often known as the "dowager", usually moves into the dower house fr ...
. The Spring family coat-of-arms is still apparent above the main door to the manor.
Newe House has been extensively restored by its current owners whose family have owned it since 1947.
See also
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Spring family
The Spring family is a Suffolk Landed gentry, gentry family that has been involved in the politics and economy of East Anglia since the 15th century, as well as holding large estates in Ireland from the 16th century.Joseph Jackson Howard, ‘Spri ...
References
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Grade II* listed buildings in Suffolk
Country houses in Suffolk
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