Crowe Hall
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A view of Widcombe with Crowe Hall in the centre
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| Coordinates | 51°22′27″N 2°20′47″W / 51.37417°N 2.34639°WCoordinates: 51°22′27″N 2°20′47″W / 51.37417°N 2.34639°W |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Official name: Crowe Hall | |
| Designated | 5 August 1975 |
| Reference no. | 1395762 |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Official name: Wall of Crowe Hall | |
| Designated | 15 October 2010 |
| Reference no. | 1394685 |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Official name: Gates and Gate Piers to Crowe Hall | |
| Designated | 5 August 1975 |
| Reference no. | 1395763 |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Official name: Coach house to Crowe Hall | |
| Designated | 5 August 1975 |
| Reference no. | 1395764 |
| Official name: Crowe Hall | |
| Type | Grade II |
| Designated | 8 August 1991 |
| Reference no. | 1000548 |
 Location of Crowe Hall in Somerset
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Crowe Hall is a Georgian house in Widcombe, Bath, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II listed building, and the gardens are on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England.
The house was built around 1760 for a Brigadier Crowe. It has since had a succession of owners who each adapted and renovated the building and grounds. A serious fire in 1926 destroyed much of the fabric and further restoration was required.
The house is surrounded by several hectares of sloping terraced gardens, below Prior Park, which include a rock garden and grotto.
The fabric of the current house dates from around 1760 on the site of an earlier building of 1742. A late 18th century sketch by Thomas Robins which is held at the Courtauld Institute of Art shows the house surrounded by informal parkland, in the style of the period. The front of the house was rebuilt in the early 19th century.
The house was built by Brigadier Crowe. From 1805 until 1919 it was owned by the Tugwell family. George Hayward Tugwell, the mayor of Bath, reconstructed the house and laid out the basic framework for a formal terraced garden in around 1810. During the 1870s the house was again remodelled, this time by Henry Tugwell. In 1874, Henry Tugwell appointed William Carmichael (c 1816-1904) as head gardener and he undertook a series oalterations to the gardens. Carmichael was trained at the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, and had been head gardener at Sandringham House, Norfolk in the 1860s. In 1919 the Tugwell family sold the house and it was purchased by Major Maconochie who made profit from supplying tinned food as food rations for British soldiers in the field during the Boer War and in front-line trenches during World War I. It changed hands several times afterwards, before being purchased by Sir Sydney Barratt in 1960, who further developed the garden. In 2010 the house was sold at auction by the Barratt family, with the contents including furniture, books and glassware being auctioned separately.
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