Warfield Hall
Warfield Hall is a Grade II listed building at Warfield in Berkshire.
History
[edit]Warfield Hall was originally built in the 1730s and belonged to the Hart, later the Hart-Cotton, family. It passed by marriage to the Parry family of Denbighshire and passed down in that family until sold in 1831 to General Sir John Malcolm on his return from India.[1] He described it as "a large three-storey mansion, built in the 1730s, with ten bedrooms, stabling, a paddock, an orangery, a well-wooded park with a two-acre lake, a fine garden with a terrace, kitchen garden and outhouses". Malcolm died shortly afterwards and the property was bought by William Charles King.[2]
The house was substantially altered or rebuilt in the 1840s and, following a serious fire, was rebuilt in the 1870s by William King.[3] In 1890 King's daughter, Georgina, married Field Marshal Sir Charles Brownlow who moved into the house.[4] The house was extended in the late 19th century and altered again in the early 20th century.[5] In 1939 the house was acquired by Sir Thomas Sopwith[3] who used it as his home until the house was sold at auction in 1952.[6] In the mid 1970s the house was used as the American Military HQ in the film The Eagle Has Landed.[7]
It is now the property of Sheik Ali Juffali, a director of E. A. Juffali and Brothers.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ The history of the princes, the lords marcher, and the ancient nobility of Powys Fadog, and the ancient lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd. p. 245.
- ^ Malcolm, John. Malcolm: Soldier, Diplomat, Ideologue of British India.
- ^ a b "Warfield Parish Council Heritage Trail" (PDF). Warfield Parish Council. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Brownlow Hall". Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Warfield Hall, Warfield". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Bramshill Police History". Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Film locations". Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Sheik Ali Juffali Residencial Property Warfield Hall". Retrieved 3 August 2013.