The site of Marks Hall Mansion
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The site of Marks Hall Mansion
Image: © Marathon Taken: 2 Jun 2018
Marks Hall Estate was left to the nation in the will of Thomas Phillips Price in 1927. He died in 1932 leaving his widow a life interest in the Marks Hall Estate. Mrs Phillips Price survived him by 34 years and died on 18th November 1966 at which point the Estate reverted to the nation. In the intervening years, however, the house had been demolished, oaks had been felled and the gardens and deer park were overgrown. With the approval of HM Treasury the Thomas Phillips Price trust was established in 1971. The Estate is now a registered charity - see https://www.markshall.org.uk/ for more information. Marks Hall Mansion stood on this site until 1950. The original Tudor building was altered by Robert Honywood to the Jacobean style in around 1609. The mansion hosted both the United States Air Force and the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. Following this it fell into disrepair and was demolished.
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