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Glemham Hall
A red brick mansion, originally of the Elizabethan period, built (around 1560) by the de Glemhams, a family which took its name from Great (Magna) and Little (Parva) Glemham. Considerable structural changes were made to the Hall between 1712 and 1722, giving it an overall Georgian façade. The Hall remained in various branches of the North family (Lord Guilford) for more than 200 years (1709-1923). In 1923 it was purchased by the Cobbold brewing family and became the home of Captain John Murray Cobbold, founder and first chairman of Ipswich Town Football Club and his wife Lady Blanche, a daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire. Captain Cobbold - then Colonel - was killed in 1944, when a flying bomb destroyed the Guards' Chapel in London. Glemham Hall is a lived-in home, now occupied by their grandson Major and Mrs. Hope-Cobbold and their family. He is Patron of Ipswich Town Football Club, was High Sheriff of Suffolk 2005-2006 and is a Deputy Lieutenant for the county.
Tour approx 2 hours, £15 including tea, coffee, squash, cakes and biscuits.
Tour 21 December £25 including two-course supper and wine.
| Tour Dates 2010 | |
|---|---|
| March | Sun 14, 2.30 pm (Mothering Sunday) |
| March | Sun 28, 10.30 am (British summer time begins) |
| April | Wed 28, 2.30 pm |
| May | Sun 30, 10.30 am (bank holiday weekend) |
| June | Thu 24, 2.30 pm |
| July | Sat 3, 10.30 am |
| July | Wed 14, 2.30 pm |
| July | Sun 18, 10.30 am |
| July | Wed 28, 2.30 pm |
| August | Sun 8, 10.30 am |
| August | Wed 18, 2.30 pm |
| August | Mon 30, 2.30 pm |
| September | Wed 8, 2.30 pm |
| December | Sun 5, 2.30 pm |
| December | Tue 21, 6.00 pm (Ghostly tour, witches brew, 2-course supper) |
To book, call the Mercury Theatre on 01206 573948
or book on-line at www.mercurytheatre.co.uk.
Other nearby properties:
10. Butley Priory
11. Buxlow Manor