# Elsing Hall

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{{Short description|Moated manor house in Elsing, UK}}
{{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox building
| name             = Elsing Hall
| image            = Elsing Hall (10743740756).jpg
| location         = [Elsing](/source/Elsing), Norfolk
| location_country = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
| coordinates      = {{Coord|52.7033|N|1.01793|E}}
| construction_start_date = [13th century](/source/13th_century)
}}

'''Elsing Hall''' is a [Grade I listed](/source/Listed_building)<ref name="historicengland">{{Cite web |title=Elsing Hall, Elsing - 1169052 |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1169052?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=[Historic England](/source/Historic_England) |language=en}}</ref> [moat](/source/moat)ed manor house in [Elsing](/source/Elsing), Norfolk, England. Likely first built in the 13th century and home to [Hugh Hastings I](/source/Hugh_Hastings_I), it was extensively remodelled around 1852 by [Thomas Jeckyll](/source/Thomas_Jeckyll).

== History ==
Work at the site likely began in the 13th century.<ref name="norfolk">{{Cite web |title=Elsing Hall |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF3009-Elsing-Hall&Index=2&RecordCount=2&SessionID=f740322b-459b-48a3-82e8-4ab5105c4036 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Norfolk Heritage Explorer}}</ref> It was the home of Sir [Hugh Hastings I](/source/Hugh_Hastings_I), who was later buried in [St Mary's Church, Elsing](/source/St_Mary's_Church%2C_Elsing) which he had built with his wife Margery Foliot, the heiress of the Elsing Hall site.<ref name="Greater">{{Cite book |last=Emery |first=Anthony |title=Greater medieval houses of England and Wales. 2: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales |date=2000 |publisher=[Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press) |isbn=978-0-521-58131-8 }}</ref> The oldest work now visible on the site is from the mid to late 15th century, when a gatehouse and [bastion](/source/bastion)s were built; these survive around the edge of the moated island.<ref name="norfolk"/>

In 1540 the site passed by marriage to the Browne family which held it until the mid-20th century.<ref name="Greater"/> In the early 19th century, [James Bulwer](/source/James_Bulwer) painted the house in watercolour; this work shows the original form of the house prior to its 1852 refurbishment.<ref name="Greater"/>

90% of the hall's visible structure is likely from architect [Thomas Jeckyll](/source/Thomas_Jeckyll)'s work at the site around 1852.<ref name="norfolk"/> The house generally kept its medieval form despite the extensive refurbishments; Jekyll sought to reinstate the house's character with additional [Tudorbethan](/source/Tudor_Revival_architecture) style. These alterations included the enlargement of the moat's south side to form a lake, a new exterior hall built in flint, and rebuilt [chimney stacks](/source/Chimney) with ornamental bricks.<ref name="Greater"/>

The site first became a [listed building](/source/listed_building) on 4 December 1951.<ref name="historicengland"/> In 1989 the family of David Cargill, a national board member for the [Arts Council for England](/source/Arts_Council_England), began to develop the grounds over 30 years, creating a garden with an [arboretum](/source/arboretum).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cargill |first=Duncan |date=1 March 2023 |title=David Cargill obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/01/david-cargill-obituary |access-date=2025-01-19 |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==References==
{{Commons category|Elsing Hall}}
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Category:Grade I listed buildings in Norfolk
Category:13th-century establishments in England
Category:Houses with moats

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