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The new stately home was completed in about 1550, and was laid out in an E-shaped plan. It was constructed around a courtyard, about 30m square with the main range of the house running along the north side of the moat and two long projecting wings along the east and west sides. There were polygonal
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The Hall is a splendid moated mansion; formsthree sides of a quadrangle; is partly of the time of King John, partly of that of
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and decorated with armorial achievements. The moated stately home was at the centre of a large ornamental garden and a parkland estate. An ornamental canal, 114 metres long, has since been infilled. The Jermyn family exercised considerable influence in
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purchased the other shares of the house and estate from his wife's sisters (Lady Spring, Lady D'Ewes and Mrs Grove) in 1703. Major modernising alterations were made to the house in about 1735. The
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turrets, each three stories high, at the four corners of the wings. The entrance to the house was through an impressive central porch built of
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