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One of the few houses in the county where the continual family ownership extends back to the late medieval period, although the present house largely dates to the late 16th century when built for Thomas Brooke. It still presents that late Tudor aspect with it’s fine mullion windows, gabled ended roofs and tall chimney stacks. The central porch with it’s very distinctive fluted pilasters and balcony, decorated with shields, probably dates from some fifty years later. Through marriage in the 18th century the family gained property in Ireland, a revised surname, de Capell Brooke, and a Baronetcy, all in the person of Sir Richard de Capell Brooke. His descendants still live in the house and were responsible in 1893 for the rebuilding of the southern wing to create a fine new library. The design of this, ...
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