Cransley Hall
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Cransley Hall is a country manor house in the village of Great Cransley, near Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. It is set in its own grounds which include a lake created by monks in the fifteenth century. Originally built in around 1580, the Hall has over twenty bedrooms and ornately decorated reception rooms, including Italianate plasterwork in the dining room.
The Hall was originally built by Dame Alice Owen, widowed three times, latterly to Judge Thomas Owen. Following his death she left her home in Islington, London, and moved to Cransley Hall. Owen also founded Dame Alice Owen's School. Later owners of the Hall included a Chancellor of the Exchequer. Today it is a private residence and neither the house nor the grounds are open to the public except for occasional fetes and charity events.
