Papplewick Hall, Mansfield, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

Papplewick, of Saxon origin, was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Augustinian canons were granted Papplewick in the late 12th century. The manor, rectory, and advowson of Papplewick formed part of the Newstead estate which was bought by Sir John Byron in 1540. Sir Theodore Collodon (died 1712), fellow of the College of Physicians, held the advowson of Papplewick by 1709. His daughter married Charles Montagu, nephew of George Montagu, who became the Earl of Halifax. The grounds were described by Mrs Delaney, a friend of Mrs Montagu and her mother, Lady Collodon, on her visit in 1756 (Country Life 1963). Mrs Delaney had made a drawing of the house and its surrounding landscape on an earlier visit. Frederick Montagu, son of Charles, inherited in 1759 and built Papplewick Hall between 1781 and 1787 to replace an earlier house. He was made Privy Councillor in 1790. When the Hon Frederick Montagu died in 1800, the Hall was inherited by his niece, Catherine Judith Fountayne, who died in 1822. Her great-nephew, Andrew (died 1895), succeeded and took the name Montagu. Andrew's brother, James, left it to his younger son James Fountayne Montagu who sold the property in 1920. The estate was split up and in 1925 Mr and Mrs Claude Chadburn purchased a much reduced property which was added to from adjoining Newstead land. The property was sold in the early 1980s after the death of the Chadburns. The site is now (1990s) in divided private ownership.