Thorpe Hall
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Thorpe Hall
Image: © Trevor Rickard Taken: 27 Mar 2010
View south-west from the lay-by. The house was built in 1651 by William Ives, a successful Leicestershire vintner. His daughter and co-heir Jane married Richard Inge of Leicester, and the house and its became the Inge family home. The Inge family added the two side bays in 1790. The 3,000-acre estate is now the home of the Thorpe Institute and the Stablethorpe business park. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_Constantine Image Image Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.675932
Longitude
-1.619413