Wimpole Estate
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Wimpole Estate is a large estate containing Wimpole Hall, a country house located within the civil parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, 9 miles southwest of Cambridge. The house began in 1640 a
The entrance front
The Yellow Drawing Room 1793 by Sir John Soane
The chapel by James Gibbs with murals by Sir James Thornhill completed 1724
The Plunge Bath c.1792 by Sir John Soane
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The National Trust is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in the United Kingdom, operating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland only.
Wimpole Estate
…England, 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Cambridge. The house began in 1640 and its 3,000 acres (1,200 ha; 12 km2) of parkland and farmland are owned by the National Trust. It has a working farm, Home Farm, which houses rare breed animals. The estate is open to the public and received more than 409,000 visitors in 2025…
Octavia Hill by John Singer Sargent, 1898
The first building the trust acquired was Alfriston Clergy House in 1896.
Bodiam Castle was acquired by the Trust in 1926.
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