# Arbury Hall > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arbury_Hall > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arbury_Hall.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbury_Hall > Source revision: 1349466678 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Country house & estate in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{use British English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox historic site | name = Arbury Hall | native_name = | native_language = | image = Arbury Hall 01.jpg | caption = South front of Arbury Hall | type = | coordinates = {{coord|52.50029|-1.50754|display=inline,title}} | gbgridref = SP335893 | location = [Nuneaton](/source/Nuneaton), [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire), England | area = | built = | architect = | architecture = | governing_body = | owner = | designation1 = Grade I | designation1_offname = Arbury Hall | designation1_date = 6 December 1947 | designation1_number = {{listed building England|1185222}} | designation2 = Grade I | designation2_offname = Stables at Arbury Hall and attached wall and gate pier to left | designation2_date = 1 January 1956 | designation2_number = {{listed building England|1299708}} | designation3 = Grade II* | designation3_offname = North Lodge, Arbury Hall | designation3_date = 6 December 1947 | designation3_number = {{listed building England|1034973}} | designation4 = Grade II* | designation4_offname = The Tea House | designation4_date = 11 February 1988 | designation4_number = {{listed building England|1299615}} | designation5 = Grade II | designation5_offname = Coach house and attached walls at Arbury Hall | designation5_date = 11 February 1988 | designation5_number = {{listed building England|1365022}} | designation6 = Historic garden | designation6_type = Grade II* | designation6_offname = Arbury Hall | designation6_date = 1 February 1986 | designation6_number = {{listed building England|1001185}} }} thumb|Arbury Hall circa 1880 '''Arbury Hall''' is a [Grade I listed](/source/Grade_I_listed_building) [country house](/source/English_country_houses) in [Nuneaton](/source/Nuneaton), [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire), England, and the ancestral home of the [Newdigate family](/source/Newdigate_baronets), later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate ([Viscount Daventry](/source/Viscount_Daventry)) families. ==History== The hall is built on the site of the former [Arbury Priory](/source/Arbury_Priory) in a mixture of [Tudor](/source/Tudor_architecture) and 18th-century [Gothic Revival architecture](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture), the latter being the work of Sir [Roger Newdigate](/source/Roger_Newdigate) from designs by [Henry Keene](/source/Henry_Keene_(architect)).{{cn|date=October 2021}} The 19th-century author [George Eliot](/source/George_Eliot) (Mary Anne Evans) was born on one of the estate farms in 1819, the daughter of the estate's land agent. In 1911, Sir [Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate](/source/Francis_Alexander_Newdigate_Newdegate) erected, at Arbury Hall, a monument to the memory of George Eliot.{{cite AuDB |first= |last= |author-link= |title=Newdegate, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate (1862–1936) |volume=11 |edition= |year=1988 |id2=newdegate-sir-francis-alexander-newdigate-7824 |access-date= }} ==Description== The hall is set in {{convert|300|acre|0}} of parkland.Cooke, George Willis. ''George Eliot: A Critical Study of her Life, Writings and Philosophy''. Whitefish: Kessinger, 2004. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1xyX3SVQinQC&dq=amos+barton+church&pg=PA242] ==In the arts== George Eliot immortalised Arbury Hall as "Cheverel Manor" in ''[Scenes of Clerical Life](/source/Scenes_of_Clerical_Life)'', where it is the setting for "Mr Gilfil's Love Story". The film ''[Angels & Insects](/source/Angels_%26_Insects)'' (1995) was shot entirely at Arbury Hall and within the grounds.{{cn|date=October 2021}} Arbury Hall was also used as the fictional Hoxley Manor in the BBC TV series ''[Land Girls](/source/Land_Girls_(TV_series))'' (2009).{{cn|date=October 2021}} ==Ownership== *[Edmund Anderson](/source/Edmund_Anderson_(judge)) (1530–1605), who demolished the priory and built Arbury Hall.{{cn|reason=Copied from [Edmund Anderson (judge)](/source/Edmund_Anderson_(judge))|date=October 2021}} Custodians of Arbury Hall include:[https://www.amazon.com/s?search-alias=stripbooks&field-isbn=1-84401-771-0 Wilkinson, R. (2006) Chronicles of the Newdegates and the Three Manors (1st Edition) Athena Press] {{ISBN|1-84401-771-0}} *[Sir Edmund Anderson](/source/Edmund_Anderson_(judge)) (1567–1586) *John Newdegate (1586–1587) *Sir John Newdegate (1587–1610) *[John Newdigate](/source/John_Newdigate) (1610–1642) *[Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Richard_Newdigate%2C_1st_Baronet) (1642–1665) *[Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet](/source/Newdigate_baronets) (1665–1710) *[Sir Richard Newdigate, 3rd Baronet](/source/Newdigate_baronets) (1710–1727) *[Sir Edward Newdigate, 4th Baronet](/source/Newdigate_baronets) (1727–1734) *[Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet](/source/Sir_Roger_Newdigate%2C_5th_Baronet) (1734–1806) *[Francis Parker Newdigate](/source/Francis_Parker_Newdigate) (1806–1835) *[The Rt Hon. Charles Newdigate-Newdegate](/source/Charles_Newdigate_Newdegate) (1835–1887) *[Lt Gen. Sir Edward Newdigate-Newdegate](/source/Edward_Newdegate) (1887–1902) *[Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate-Newdegate](/source/Francis_Newdegate) (1902–1936) *The Hon. Mrs Lucia FitzRoy-Newdegate (1936–1950) *[Francis Humphrey Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry](/source/Francis_FitzRoy_Newdegate%2C_3rd_Viscount_Daventry) (1950–2000) *James Edward FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry (2000–) ==See also== *[Arbury Canals](/source/Arbury_Canals) *[Arbury Park, South Australia](/source/Arbury_Park%2C_South_Australia), named after Arbury Hall == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{commons category|Arbury Hall}} * {{Official website|http://www.arburyestate.co.uk/}} * [https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1185222&resourceID=5 English Heritage: detailed architectural description of Grade I listed building] *[http://www.ukheritage.net/houses/arbury.htm Heritage page about Arbury Hall] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100115020257/http://www.hha.org.uk/HHA/Property.aspx?id=360&vw=0 Historic Houses Association page about Arbury Hall] {{Authority control}} Category:Gardens in Warwickshire Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Warwickshire Category:Grade I listed houses in Warwickshire Category:Historic house museums in Warwickshire Category:Country houses in Warwickshire Category:Buildings and structures in Nuneaton Category:Grade II* listed parks and gardens in Warwickshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arbury Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbury_Hall) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbury_Hall?action=history)). 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