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Queer Places: Ickworth House
Jan. 3rd, 2016 12:30 pmAddress:Ickworth House
House Stewards Flat Rotunda,
Bury Saint Edmunds IP29 5QE,
UK
Ickworth House is a country house near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. It is a neoclassical building set in parkland. The house is in the care of the National Trust.
You can trace Ickworth’s origins back to the Domesday book when it was merely one of hundreds of assets belonging to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Its association with the Hervey family began three centuries later in 1432, when Thomas Hervey acquired the land by marriage. Through success and scandal, Ickworth was the family’s home for the next 500 years. Thomas’ descendants set about transforming the ancient deer-park into an aristocratic paradise. The modest medieval hall became a turreted Tudor mansion. In 1701 the 1st Earl demolished the mansion and developed plans for an even grander abode. He also renovated the church, where all Ickworth’s owners have been laid to rest. Residents of the tiny hamlet of Ickworth were rehoused in neighbouring Horringer, and their former dwellings demolished to make way for pasture. The next generation of Herveys made even more of an impact on the landscape.
The house was built between 1795 and 1829. The building was the creation of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry who commissioned the Italian architect Asprucci to design him a classical villa in the Suffolk countryside. The Earl died in 1803, leaving the completion of house to his successor.
In 1956, the house, park, and a large endowment were given to the National Trust in lieu of death duties. As part of the handover agreement, a 99-year lease on the 60-room East Wing was given to the Marquess of Bristol. However, in 1998 the 7th Marquess of Bristol sold the remaining lease on the East Wing to the National Trust. He was succeeded by his half-brother Frederick William Augustus Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol (born 19 October 1979). The National Trust refused to sell the remaining lease term back to the 8th Marquess, thereby contravening the Letter of Wishes which states that the head of the family should always be offered whatever accommodation he chooses at Ickworth.
The family's once private East Wing is now run as The Ickworth Hotel and apartments on a lease from the National Trust. The apartments are in Dower House which is in the grounds.
The West Wing at Ickworth House went uncompleted until 2006, when a joint partnership between the National Trust and Sodexo Prestige led to its renovation and opening as a centre for conferences and events. The first wedding in the property's history took place in 2006.
( John, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751) )
( John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey (13 October 1696 – 5 August 1743) )
( Molly Lepel (1697 – 1768) )
( Hon. Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol PC DD FRS (1 August 1730, Suffolk – 8 July 1803, Lazio) )
( Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (2 October 1769 – 15 February 1859) )
( Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol PC, FSA (15 July 1800 – 30 October 1864) )
( Frederick William John Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol (28 June 1834 – 7 August 1907) )
( Rear-Admiral Frederick William Fane Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863–1951) )
( Herbert Arthur Robert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol (10 October 1870 – 5 April 1960) )
( Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol (6 October 1915 – 10 March 1985) )
( Frederick William John Augustus Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol (15 September 1954 – 10 January 1999) )
( Lord Frederick William Charles Nicholas Wentworth Hervey (26 November 1961–26 January 1998) )
( Frederick William Augustus Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol (born 19 October 1979) )
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House Stewards Flat Rotunda,
Bury Saint Edmunds IP29 5QE,
UK
Ickworth House is a country house near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. It is a neoclassical building set in parkland. The house is in the care of the National Trust.
You can trace Ickworth’s origins back to the Domesday book when it was merely one of hundreds of assets belonging to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. Its association with the Hervey family began three centuries later in 1432, when Thomas Hervey acquired the land by marriage. Through success and scandal, Ickworth was the family’s home for the next 500 years. Thomas’ descendants set about transforming the ancient deer-park into an aristocratic paradise. The modest medieval hall became a turreted Tudor mansion. In 1701 the 1st Earl demolished the mansion and developed plans for an even grander abode. He also renovated the church, where all Ickworth’s owners have been laid to rest. Residents of the tiny hamlet of Ickworth were rehoused in neighbouring Horringer, and their former dwellings demolished to make way for pasture. The next generation of Herveys made even more of an impact on the landscape.
The house was built between 1795 and 1829. The building was the creation of Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry who commissioned the Italian architect Asprucci to design him a classical villa in the Suffolk countryside. The Earl died in 1803, leaving the completion of house to his successor.
In 1956, the house, park, and a large endowment were given to the National Trust in lieu of death duties. As part of the handover agreement, a 99-year lease on the 60-room East Wing was given to the Marquess of Bristol. However, in 1998 the 7th Marquess of Bristol sold the remaining lease on the East Wing to the National Trust. He was succeeded by his half-brother Frederick William Augustus Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol (born 19 October 1979). The National Trust refused to sell the remaining lease term back to the 8th Marquess, thereby contravening the Letter of Wishes which states that the head of the family should always be offered whatever accommodation he chooses at Ickworth.
The family's once private East Wing is now run as The Ickworth Hotel and apartments on a lease from the National Trust. The apartments are in Dower House which is in the grounds.
The West Wing at Ickworth House went uncompleted until 2006, when a joint partnership between the National Trust and Sodexo Prestige led to its renovation and opening as a centre for conferences and events. The first wedding in the property's history took place in 2006.
( John, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751) )
( John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey (13 October 1696 – 5 August 1743) )
( Molly Lepel (1697 – 1768) )
( Hon. Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol PC DD FRS (1 August 1730, Suffolk – 8 July 1803, Lazio) )
( Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (2 October 1769 – 15 February 1859) )
( Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol PC, FSA (15 July 1800 – 30 October 1864) )
( Frederick William John Hervey, 3rd Marquess of Bristol (28 June 1834 – 7 August 1907) )
( Rear-Admiral Frederick William Fane Hervey, 4th Marquess of Bristol (1863–1951) )
( Herbert Arthur Robert Hervey, 5th Marquess of Bristol (10 October 1870 – 5 April 1960) )
( Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol (6 October 1915 – 10 March 1985) )
( Frederick William John Augustus Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol (15 September 1954 – 10 January 1999) )
( Lord Frederick William Charles Nicholas Wentworth Hervey (26 November 1961–26 January 1998) )
( Frederick William Augustus Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol (born 19 October 1979) )
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