| Arborfield Hall | |
| Location: | Arborfield |
| Coordinates: | 51.406°N -0.926°W |
| Built: | 13th century |
| Rebuilt: | 1603, 1955 |
| Built For: | Bullock family |
| Demolished: | 1832, 1837 |
Arborfield Hall was a large country house on the banks of the River Loddon near the village of Arborfield in Berkshire.
The site originally contained a manor house, which was occupied by the Bullock family from the early 13th century.[1] This was acquired by Edmund Standen in 1589 and passed to his son, William Standen, who rebuilt the house in the Jacobean style in 1603;[1] a stable block was added in 1654.[2] The manor house was sold to Pelsant Reeves, a Master in Chancery, in 1730 and it remained in the Reeves family until a descendant, George Dawson, demolished it in 1832.[1]
George Dawson commissioned a new hall in 1837 but sold it to Sir John Conroy, Controller of the Household of the Duchess of Kent, in 1842.[1] The new hall was bought by Thomas Hargreaves, a businessman who became High Sheriff of Berkshire, in 1855 and it remained in the Hargreaves family until 1926.[1] The hall was then bought at auction by the Allsebrook family.[3]
During the Second World War, the hall was requisitioned by the Royal Air Force. It was then acquired by the University of Reading and demolished in 1955.[1]