Abberton Hall

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Abberton Hall is a small country house in the village of Abberton, Worcestershire, England, near Pershore.{{sfn|Burke|1858|p=671}}

History

{{see also|History of Worcestershire#Georgian society, politics and religion}}

It is an irregular two-story house, faced with modern brick, with at its core the timber-framed house of the Sheldon family, with a brick facade and a massive stone chimneybreast (dated 1619). Abberton Hall was the seat of William Laslett, Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester.{{sfn|Burke|1858|p=671}} This was also the home of Benjamin Gibbon (born 1914), who created murals in the garden loggia, dated to 1937.

References

=Biography=

J.B. Burke, A Visitation of Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1852–55, ii, p. 175
Country Life, lxxxi, p. 24
R. Lockett, A survey of historic parks and gardens in Worcestershire, 1997, p. 3
Sir N. Pevsner, The buildings of England: Worcestershire, 1968, p. 68
P. Reid, Burke's & Savill's Guide to Country Houses: vol. 2, Herefordshore, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1980 p. 191 (contains illustration)

=Attribution=

{{source-attribution| {{cite book|last=Burke|first=Bernard|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmNmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA671|edition=Public domain|year=1858|publisher=Harrison}} }}

External links

{{NHLE |num=1259952}}

Category:Country houses in Worcestershire

Category:Grade II listed buildings in Worcestershire