Weston Hall
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Weston Hall is the Sitwell family house in Northamptonshire
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It is in the village of Weston
in the south of the county. It was the home of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell
and his wife, the Canadian beauty Georgia Doble, from 1927 until his death in 1988. It was there that he wrote many of his 130 books on travel, art, music and poetry. The house was given to Sitwell's ancestor Susanna Jennens in 1714 as a St. Valentine's Day present from her uncle Sir John Blencowe from nearby Marston St Lawrence after the death of her husband. The property was then inherited through the generations down the female line until Sacheverell's father the eccentric Sir George Sitwell took a lease on the house from an aunt. Each generation left its own indelible mark on the house and its contents. It is available to visit by private invitation via susanna.sitwell@uwclub.net.
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
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It is in the village of Weston
Weston, Northamptonshire
Weston is a village in the south west of the English county of Northamptonshire; it is part of South Northamptonshire district. It gives its name to Weston Hall, the home of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell from 1927 until his death in 1988....
in the south of the county. It was the home of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell
Sacheverell Sitwell
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet CH was an English writer, best known as an art critic and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque. He was the younger brother of Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Osbert Sitwell....
and his wife, the Canadian beauty Georgia Doble, from 1927 until his death in 1988. It was there that he wrote many of his 130 books on travel, art, music and poetry. The house was given to Sitwell's ancestor Susanna Jennens in 1714 as a St. Valentine's Day present from her uncle Sir John Blencowe from nearby Marston St Lawrence after the death of her husband. The property was then inherited through the generations down the female line until Sacheverell's father the eccentric Sir George Sitwell took a lease on the house from an aunt. Each generation left its own indelible mark on the house and its contents. It is available to visit by private invitation via susanna.sitwell@uwclub.net.
- see also Renishaw HallRenishaw HallRenishaw Hall is a stately home in Derbyshire, England which dates from the 17th century. It is a Grade I listed building. It has been the home of the Sitwell family for over 350 years....