Cheswardine Hall
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Cheswardine Hall
Image: © Tony Grant Taken: Unknown
Charles Donaldson-Hudson originally had the house built in 1875 to a design by John MacVicar Anderson. This replaced an earlier partially-built house (known as The Hill, Chipnall) that had been purchased by Thomas Hudson (the great uncle of Charles Donaldson-Hudson) along with the Cheswardine Estate around 1833. In 1950 the hall was bought by the Brothers of Christian Instruction (also known as the La Mennais Brothers or Mennaisians), a teaching order founded in Brittany, for use as a Juniorate for boys, and named St Edward's College. In 1969 it was purchased by the Morgan Building Company for conversion into a leisure centre, but this did not occur. In 1972 the hall was sold to a Mr & Mrs Brunt and used as an Approved School. In 1984 it was sold to Mr & Mrs Stephen Poole for use as a residential and nursing home.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.874052
Longitude
-2.410018