Norman Manor House, Boothby Pagnell: aerial 2020 (1)
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Norman Manor House, Boothby Pagnell: aerial 2020 (1)
Image: © Simon Tomson Taken: 22 Mar 2020
The smaller of the two buildings, it is on private land and not accessible to the public. It is believed to be the most important surviving small Norman manor house in England, and is surrounded by a defensive moat. It has been uninhabited since early C20. It is the original "Boothby Hall". See: https://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/assets/downloads/IS_arch_23_the_norman_manor_house_at_boothby_pagnell.pdf and http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/1795.html The larger building is the more recent Boothby Hall. It was c.1630 built for Thomas Harrington, and largely rebuilt c.1824 for J. Litchford by Lewis Vulliamy. See https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165613
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Image Location
Latitude
52.864773
Longitude
-0.55982