Arbury Hall is a country house near Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, and is the ancestral home of the Newdegate family. In Britain (and also in Ireland) the term country house generally refers to a large house which was built on an agricultural estate as the private residence of the landowner. ... Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire. ... Warwickshire (pronounced either /ˈwÉ”Ëɹɪkˌʃə/ or /ˈwÉ”Ëɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...
The hall is built on the site of a former monastery in a mixture of Tudor and 18th-centuryGothic architecture. A monastery is the habitation of monks, derived from the Greek word for a hermits cell. ... The Tudor style, a term applied to the Perpendicular style, was originally that of the English architecture and decorative arts produced under the Tudor dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603, characterized as an amalgam of Late Gothic style formalized by more concern for regularity and symmetry, with round... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian calendar. ... See also Gothic art. ...
The hall is set in 300 acres (1.2 km²) of parkland. The 19th-century author George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) was the daughter of the land agent on the estate, and she was born on one of the estate farms in 1819. An acre is an English unit of area. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) The 19th century lasted from 1801 to 1900 in the Gregorian calendar (using the Common Era system of year numbering). ... George Eliot Mary Ann Evans, better known by the pen name George Eliot (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880), was an English novelist. ... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Years later George Elliot, who was born and brought up on the Arbury estate used the story of Sally Shilton, who later married the local clergyman, as the basis of one of her 'Scenes of Clerical Life'.
George Eliot was born at South Farm, ArburyHall estate on 22nd November 1819 the family moved four or five months later to Griff House on the outskirts of the Arbury estate.
Sir Roger's successors have preserved ArburyHall, which is regarded as the 'Gothic Gem' of the Midlands, almost as he left it.
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