June 11th, 2024
Wimpole Hall - Wimpole - Arrington - Croydon - Clopton
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Wimpole Estate is a large estate containing Wimpole
Hall, a country house located within the civil parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
It was held by the
Chicheley family for more than 250 years. The house began in 1640 and its 3,000 acres of parkland and farmland are owned by the National Trust. |
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The Grounds of Wimpole Hall
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West gallery and organ chamber.
Organ by Brindley & Foster, 1887 St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
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Ornate Capitals
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Octagonal Font
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Ornate Capitals
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
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1. Monumental Brass to Thomas Worsley d.1501
2. Georgian Pulpit, 1720's
3. Monumental Brass of Edward March
(1625) parson of Wimpole, and his wife. St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
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Three bay Venetian Window, originally a reredos.
In nmemory of Rev. Edward Lyon Fellowes and esigned by George Aitken
for James Powell & Sons, 1898
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
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Three bay Venetian Window
in detail |
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1. 'Blessed Virgin Mary' and 'St George'. WW1
Memorial to Mary Viscountess Clifden d.1921 and her son Captain Thomas
Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes d.1915 of wounds recieved at the battle
of Loos by Heaton, Butler & Bayne
2. 'Lord Talks to a Crowd' East wall, Chicheley Chapel by Lavers, Barraud & Westake, 1868 3. 'Earl of Hardwicke reading to his family' Window in memory of the Earl of Hardwicke and his wife. 4. Heraldic Medieval Stained Glass by William Peckett of York, c. 1749 in memory of Philip Yorke, the 1st Earl of Hardwicke 5. 'Crucifixion and Ascension' by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1874 St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
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Wall Monument to
Philip, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke d.1790. Monument by T. Banks St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Marble Wall Monument
to Elizabeth, d.1766, wife of John Yorke St Andrew's Church, Wimpole Capital St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Wall Monument to
Philip, first Earl of Hardwicke d.1764, and his wife Margaret d.1761 St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Wall Monument to
Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, d.1770 St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
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Wall Monument to
Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, d.1831 St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Marble monument to Catherine Freman Yorke d.1759
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Marble wall monument to John
Yorke by John Flaxman
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Monument to Philip
Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
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Alabaster Altar Tomb
to Sir Thomas Chicheley d.1616 St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Altar Rail
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
Alabaster altar-tomb and recumbent effigy of
Sir Thomas Chicheley, d.1616 St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
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White Marble Altar Tomb to Philip, 3rd Earl of
Hardwicke, d.1834 and his wife Elizabeth, d. 1858, daughter of James,
5th Earl of Balcarres
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole |
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Treasures of Wimpole Hall
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Treasures of Wimpole Hall
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June 11 continue . . .