History
Built by a poet in the wake of the Restoration, Hall Barn has evolved and expanded over the centuries. Restored to its original form in 1970, it remains in private family ownership to this day
18th Century
The gardens and woodland surrounding the house, known as the Grove, were completed around 1740 by Waller’s grandson, Stephen, in conjunction with landscape designers Charles Bridgeman and John Aislabie, who was also well known for his landscaping at Studley Royal in North Yorkshire.
Late 19th Century
The estate was purchased in 1880 by
Edward Levy-Lawson
1st Baron Burnham, and proprietor of The Daily Telegraph.
Present Day
The house remains in the ownership of the descendants of the Lawson family.
17th Century
Hall Barn was built in around 1680 by the poet Edmund Waller (1606-1687), the estate having been purchased some 60 years earlier by his mother, Anne.
19th Century
The estate was sold in the early 1830s to Sir Gore Ouseley, the ambassador to Persia, part of whose extensive collection of oriental treasures remain in the house to this day. In the Victorian period the original design was significantly altered by the addition of substantial grand reception rooms to the east and south of the original building.
20th Century
The rather imposing Victorian additions were taken down in 1969-70 and the house was restored to its original footprint.
