Kilverstone Hall

Kilverstone Hall

Kilverstone Hall is a Grade II listed building in Kilverstone in Norfolk.

History

Kilverstone Hall is a country house built in the early 17th century[1] which was passed down the Wright family of Kilverstone.[2] It was greatly enlarged by Josiah Vavasseur, technical director of the arms manufacturing firm William Armstrong Ltd.[3] It included a parkland estate of 3,000 acres (12 km2). Upon Josiah Vavasseur's death in 1908 the house and park were inherited by Cecil Fisher - son of Admiral Lord Fisher and adopted heir to Vavasseur. Admiral Fisher and his wife moved into the Hall by invitation of Cecil Fisher upon the Admiral's retirement as First Sea Lord in 1910 and lived there until he was recalled as First Sea Lord upon the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The house still remains the property of the Fisher family and has the mailed fist and trident of Lord Fisher's baronial crest on its gateposts.[4] It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kilverstone Hall, Kilverstone". British listed buildings. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 2". Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Lord Fisher". The Telegraph. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Jan Morris, Fisher's Face, pages 742-743, ISBN 0-679-41609-9

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Coordinates: 52°25′22″N 0°46′53″E / 52.4227°N 0.7813°E / 52.4227; 0.7813

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