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England

Cockley Cley Hall (Cley Hall)

Cockley Cley, near Swaffham

Norfolk

England

Start Date: 1870

Completion Date: 1871

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

This house has been used for TV and Film

The House from a circa 1910 postcard

  • Earlier Houses: There was a circa 1698 house on the site of the current house.

    Built / Designed For: Theophilus Russel Buckworth

    House & Family History: Cockley Cley is a late 19th century house built in the Italianate style for Theophilus Russel Buckworth. The seven-bay, two-and-a-half story house features stone quoins and a lower five-bay wing to the right of the main block.

  • Architect: Richard Makilwaine Phipson

    Date: 1870-71
    Designed: House for Theophilus Russel Buckworth

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  • Title: Burke's & Savills Guide to Country Houses, Volume III: East Anglia
    Author: Kenworthy-Browne, John; Reid, Peter; Sayer, Michael; Watkin, David
    Year Published: 1981
    Reference: pg. 99
    Publisher: London: Burke's Peerage
    ISBN: 0850110351
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Not Listed

    Park Listed: Not Listed

  • "Kingdom" (2007-09 - TV series, as Aunt Auriel's nursing home).

  • Current Seat / Home of: Sir Samuel Roberts, 4th Bt.; Roberts family here since 1926.

    Past Seat / Home of: Dashwood family of Kirtlington, circa 1700-1817. Theophilus Russel Buckworth, 19th century; Buckworth family here from 1817 until 1907. Francis Allen, 1907-26.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No

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