Moreton Hall (Suffolk)
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Moreton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Bury St. Edmund's, a market town
in the county of Suffolk
, England. It was designed by the English architect Robert Adam
and built in 1773 as a country house for John Symonds (1729–1807), a clergyman and Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. The building was originally known as "St. Edmund's Hill". It was later called "The Mount" and from 1890 "Moreton Hall".
Since 1962, the building and surrounding 30 acres of parkland have been used by the Moreton Hall Preparatory School, an independent co-educational preparatory school
founded by Lady Miriam Fitzalan-Howard and her husband Commander Peregrine Hubbard. Hubbard and Geoffrey de Guingand served jointly as the school's first headmasters. The Moreton Hall School Trust acquired the freehold to the building and parklands in 2009.
Market town
Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...
in the county of Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England. It was designed by the English architect Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Robert Adam was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him...
and built in 1773 as a country house for John Symonds (1729–1807), a clergyman and Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. The building was originally known as "St. Edmund's Hill". It was later called "The Mount" and from 1890 "Moreton Hall".
Since 1962, the building and surrounding 30 acres of parkland have been used by the Moreton Hall Preparatory School, an independent co-educational preparatory school
Preparatory school
Preparatory school or prep school may refer to:*University-preparatory school, a school in North America that is a private secondary school, typically charging high fees, designed to prepare students aged 14–18 for higher education at a university or college*Preparatory school , an independent...
founded by Lady Miriam Fitzalan-Howard and her husband Commander Peregrine Hubbard. Hubbard and Geoffrey de Guingand served jointly as the school's first headmasters. The Moreton Hall School Trust acquired the freehold to the building and parklands in 2009.
External links
- Interior and exterior images of Moreton Hall in 1890 – Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society
- History of Moreton Hall – Moreton Hall Preparatory School (official website)