Hill Hall is an Elizabethan, and later, country house in Theydon Mount near Epping, Essex, England. Although owned by English Heritage, the building has now been divided into many private apartments.
Hill Hall, the East Front, rebuilt c. 1714
Cupid and Psyche. Fragment of the wall paintings saved from the fire; now V&A
Sir Thomas Smith was an English scholar, parliamentarian and diplomat.
Hill Hall (Essex)
…inspired mural paintings. There have been a series of remodellings and additions, especially to the exterior. The house was originally built for Sir Thomas Smith during the reign of Elizabeth I to replace a 12th-century house on the same site. Construction was carried out over several intervals (1567–68, 1572–73…
A c. 19th-century line engraving of Sir Thomas Smith.
The title page of the 1609 edition of Smith's work