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, about 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 kilometres) southwest of Cambridge. The house, begun in 1640, and its 3,000 acres (12 km2) of parkland and farmland are owned by the National Trust. The estate is regularly open to the public and received over 335,000 visitors in 2019.[1] Wimpole is the largest house in Cambridgeshire.
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Wimpole Hall | |
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Type | Country house |
Location | Wimpole |
Coordinates | 52°08′28″N 0°02′59″W |
Area | Cambridgeshire |
Built | 1640–1650 extended 1713-1716 remodelled 1742-1745 remodelled 1790-1794 remodelled c.1842 |
Architect | James Gibbs Henry Flitcroft John Soane Henry Edward Kendall |
Owner | National Trust |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Wimpole Hall |
Designated | 22 Nov 1967 |
Reference no. | 1128166 |
Official name | Wimpole Hall |
Designated | 16 January 1985 |
Reference no. | 1000635 |
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