Hill House, Saffron Walden

Hill House is a Grade II listed building at 75 High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex.

In 1845, the banker, botanist and philanthropist George Stacey Gibson (1818-1883), was a British banker, botanist and philanthropist, and his wife Elizabeth Tuke, the daughter of Samuel Tuke bought Hill House and lived there until their death.[1]

Their only child, Mary Wyatt Gibson (1821-1934).[2] lived at Hill House until her death. After her death, most of the grounds of Hill House were developed for housing, and the family name lives on in Gibson Gardens, Gibson Way and Gibson Close.[1]

The building was listed in 1972, and is now divided into 17 flats.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "GEORGE STACEY GIBSON (1818 - 1883)". Hundred Parishes Society. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Joseph Foster (1871). The Pedigree of Wilson of High Wray and Kendal and the Families Connected with Them: Comp. from Private Pedigrees and Completed to the Present Time. private circulation. pp. 109–110. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hill House". historicengland. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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