Foremarke Hall is a Georgian

Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...

-Palladian country house (stately home

Stately home

A stately home is a "great country house". It is thus a palatial great house or in some cases an updated castle, located in the British Isles, mostly built between the mid-16th century and the early part of the 20th century, as well as converted abbeys and other church property...

, manor house

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

). Completed in 1762, the Hall is located at the manor

Manorialism

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 (hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

) of Foremark

Foremark

Foremark is a small manor and hamlet with a ruling Lord's country house - Foremarke Hall - in southern Derbyshire, England.-Location:...

, near the hamlet

Hamlet

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s of Ingleby

Ingleby, Derbyshire

Ingleby is a hamlet and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. Situated on the south of the River Trent on a rise between Stanton by Bridge and Repton, Ingleby contains the privately owned John Thompson public house and the Ingleby Art Gallery....

, Ticknall

Ticknall

Ticknall is a small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. Situated on the A514 road, close to Melbourne, it has three pubs, several small businesses, and a primary school. Two hundred years ago it was considerably larger and noisier with lime quarries, tramways and potteries. Coal...

, Milton

Milton, Derbyshire

Milton is a Hamlet 6 miles south-west of Derby and 1.5 miles east of Repton. Its population is around 200. It is thought to have been established by the Saxons between 500 and 550 AD. It is featured in the Domesday book as Berewite of Middletune . The Swan Inn is now the only pub after the Coach...

, and the village

Village

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 of Repton

Repton

Repton is a village and civil parish on the edge of the River Trent floodplain in South Derbyshire, about north of Swadlincote. Repton is close to the county boundary with neighbouring Staffordshire and about northeast of Burton upon Trent.-History:...

 in South Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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, England

England

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It is the current home of the Repton Preparatory School

Repton Preparatory School

Foremarke Hall, Repton Preparatory School is a co-educational independent Preparatory School in Foremark, Derbyshire, England which caters for day and boarding pupils aged 3–13 years old...

. Before becoming the Preparatory School, Foremarke Hall was the ancestral home of the Burdett family of Bramcote

Burdett Baronets

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. It is a Grade 1 listed building.

The school and a Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

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 "Modified Hall" class

GWR 6959 Class

The Great Western Railway 6959 Class or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth of Charles Collett's earlier Hall Class....

 steam locomotive

Steam locomotive

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, no. 7903 are named after this hall.
Repton Preparatory School, housed in Foremarke Hall and its magnificent grounds, is a thriving school for boys and girls, day and boarding, from ages 3 - 13.