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Elton Hall

Just outside Peterborough, but across the border in Northamptonshire, is Elton Hall, the home of the Proby family for some 350 years. There was a house here since the Norman Conquest, but the present building is largely a product of the late Jacobean period. An earlier Tudor manor survives in the undercroft and and the gatehouse tower.

Elton shows evidence of several architectural styles, from mock Gothic to classical, and from a distance resembles a medieval fantasy castle. From the south the effect is fanciful, a mix of turrets, pinnacles, and French towers.

Inside is a wonderful collection of period rooms and fine art dating back to the 15th century. The drawing room is gilded in an ornate French style, and packed with exquisite 18th and 19th century art and furniture. Among the foriegn art are a series by Reynolds, including a self-portrait. In the tower library is Henry VIII's prayer book.

Details
Elton Hall
Elton
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
England
PE8 6SH
Location: on the A605, on the Cambridgeshire/Northamptonshire border
Website: Elton Hall
Email: office@eltonhall.com
Phone: 01832 280 468
Fax: 01832 280 584
map
OS TL088 929

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Text © David Ross and Britain Express 2001