Fillol's Hall

Fillol's Hall or Felix Hall, Kelvedon, Essex was an English manor house.[1][2] It belonged to the Fillol family, which included Catherine Fillol, Duchess of Somerset, aunt of Edward VI and as wife of the Lord Protector of England, one of the most important women during his reign.

Charles Western, 1st Baron Western bought Felix Hall about 1790. Western in the early nineteenth century made additions there in classical style, to create a modern mansion. They were based on a drawing by Antoine Desgodetz of the Temple of Portunus.[3][4]

In 1953 Felix Hall, then in ruins, was bought by Milner Gray and his wife.[5]

References

  1. ^ 'Birch: Economic history', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10: Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe (2001), pp. 47-50
  2. ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15147
  3. ^ Matthew, H. C. G., "Western, Charles", on the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription or UK public library membership required), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29110 . The first edition of this text is available as an article on Wikisource:  "Western, Charles Callis". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 
  4. ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51070
  5. ^ Adams, Geoffrey V., "Gray, Milner Connorton", on the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription or UK public library membership required), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/66081 

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