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Hall Mews, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 8FW

Looking north-west from the road. This Grade I Listed house was built (or rather re-built) in 1787 for the Hon. Frederick Montagu, who was Lord of the Treasury. It is noted for the fine plasterwork, elaborate staircase, wooden furniture and large collection of bird's eggs. The house, garden and park are regularly open to the public. http://www.papplewickhall.co.uk/

This superb Grade I Listed house was built (or rather re-built) in 1787 for the Hon. Frederick Montagu, who was Lord of the Treasury. Apparently the Montagus were out for a drive one day and Mrs Montagu told the carriage to stop here and said that it would be a nice place to build a house. So Montagu did just that. The main road used to run right outside the front door, but he had it diverted up the hill - hence the kink at Papplewick village. Montagu is buried at Image in a tomb which is an exact replica of his dining room table. It was said that he drank so much that he was often found under it, so the tomb is rather fitting! The front door leads to a fabulous cantilevered staircase and oval ceiling. The rooms are light and airy, with fine plasterwork and roundels by John Flaxman, and several paintings by local artist Henry Dawson. My fellow visitor, who was an expert on the architect Lindley, considered the house to be too ornate to be his work. Thus the architect remains a mystery, but as Pevsner observed, it is very much in the style of Robert Adam. The house was restored and is now owned by the Godwin-Austin family, descendants of Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, the great Victorian explorer and cartographer, who discovered the world's second highest mountain K2 while surveying the Karakoram Range in 1867. The house is regularly open to the public. Photographs by kind permission of the owner. Image Hall: http://www.papplewickhall.co.uk/ Flaxman: http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/learning/discovery_packs/2179/pack/2436/chapter/2782 Dawson: http://www.artnet.com/artist/699227/henry-dawson.html Godwin-Austin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Haversham_Godwin-Austen

The view from Blidworth Waye in summer, contrasting with http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3296628 The hall was built around 1785 for the Hon Frederick Montagu, probably designed by William Lindley of Doncaster. It is a good example of a roughly square country house of the period, in classical style. Listed Grade I.

South elevation with the stable block on the right. The land off to the left is the Newstead Abbey Estate. Image Image

View from the edge of the lawn with a ha-ha just behind. For its size, the hall has limited grounds, including this lawn and a section running down to the church. Most of the estate has been sold off in parcels over time. Image

A stately Georgian house of c1781-87 with a tall rusticated ground floor and attached Ionic portico. It was built for Frederick Montagu, but his architect is unknown - Pevsner suggests William Lindley from Doncaster, a former assistant of John Carr. Grade I listed. More info here: Image

The driveway leads up to the porch. Facing east, this side of the house is often in the shade. Image

A view of Papplewick Hall from the B683, Blidworth Waye (sic). It was built between 1781-87 for the Hon. Frederick Montagu and is thought to be designed by William Lindley of Doncaster. It is now divided into apartments and although privately owned, it is open to the public two afternoons per month. The nearby Church of St James, Papplewick was built in the grounds of the Hall in 1795.

The farm track behind leads up to King Edward's Plantation.