Henham Park
Henham Park is an historic 4,200 acres (1,700 ha)
The estate's current owner is
History
Hunting park
The original Henham lands were hunting grounds in the historic civil parish of Henham, the seat of the de la Poles Earls of Suffolk, of Wingfield Castle in Suffolk, on which a timber-framed structure was built with its own protective moatyard.
However in 1513
On Brandon's death in 1545, the Crown granted Henham to Sir
In 1773, while Sir John Rous, 6th Baronet (from 1821 1st Earl of Stradbroke) was away on a Grand Tour of Venice, his drunken butler had a mishap with a candle, which caused a fire that destroyed the building.[5] The £30,000 loss represented eight years' income from the estate, and the substantial blow meant that it was to be twenty years before he could afford to rebuild.[5]
This structure was the subject of
Georgian hall
In 1790 Sir John, later the first Earl of Stradbroke, commissioned
This hall was demolished by the
A
Present
The fourth Earl died in 1983 with his brother becoming the fifth Earl for only four days before also dying. Robert Keith Rous – at that time a businessman and sheep grazier in Australia – then inherited Henham and became the sixth Earl of Stradbroke. This was, however, not without difficulty and a protracted court battle led to a family feud.[12]
Events and other uses
The estate hosts the Wings and Wheels[13] and Grand Henham Steam Rally as well as remaining a working farm. Every July it hosts Latitude Festival, an annual arts festival of music, theatre and comedy which 40,000 people attend. A brewery was planned. Owner Hektor Rous hired spare capacity at other breweries (particularly Oakham and Green Jack) to brew his beers. Most production was for the annual Latitude festival in the park, though a small number of pubs and events were also supplied. Suffolk CAMRA report that production ceased about 2015, though confirmation has yet to be found.[14][15]
Bed and breakfast accommodation is located on the site as well as a series of walking trails.[16]
References
- ^ East Anglian Daily Times, 8 November 2006
- ^ a b Kidd, Charles, Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, p.P1174
- ^ "Riverina farmers buy historic Western District property". www.weeklytimesnow.com.au. 10 December 2018.
- ^ East Anglian Daily Times, 08 November 2006
- ^ a b c d e f g Henham Hall - a lost house Archived 21 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Alan Mackey, BlythWeb, March 2000. Retrieved 2009-09-03
- ^ a b "HAM 019 - Henham Deer Park - Suffolk Heritage Explorer". heritage.suffolk.gov.uk. Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Kidd, Charles, Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, p.P1175
- ^ "Time Team Series 20: Henham's Lost Mansions (Henham Park)". Wessex Archaeology. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3988&partId=1 [dead link]
- ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ [1] Lost Heritage - Henham Hall
- ^ Hollington, Simon (3 December 1992). "Grand designs of the Earl of Fair Dinkum: When Keith from Australia claimed his inheritance, something stirred in the parish of Wangford". The Independent. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ Wings and Wheels [dead link]Archived 15 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ Hektors Brewery[dead link] Archived 26 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ CAMRA Suffolk. "Suffolk Pubs Hektor's Brewery". Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Henham Park Online. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
External links
- Official website
- Henham Park 100 miles from London — Milestones Web