Debden Hall, Uttlesford Explained

There was another Debden Hall in Essex, in Epping ForestDebden Hall was a country house in the north-west of the county of Essex, in England. It was demolished in 1936.

Debden, Uttlesford is a village, parish and manor south of Saffron Walden. It was purchased by Richard Chiswell around 1700. He died in 1751, having built up the estate. In 1795 Richard Muilman Trench Chiswell had Henry Holland remodel the existing hall.^{[1] [2]} Through his daughter's marriage to Sir Francis Vincent, 8th Baronet, the hall passed in the family line to Sir Francis Vincent, 10th Baronet. On his death in 1880, Debden Hall passed to his daughter, Blanche Cely-Trevilian.^{[3] [4]}

Blanche Cely-Trevilian sold the Hall (1882), to William Fuller-Maitland; he disposed of it to John Ashton Fielden. It came to Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, and on his death (1914) passed to his daughter Margaret Smith, 2nd Baroness Strathcona and Mount Royal. For reasons of cost the Hall was not maintained, leading to its demolition, and the breakup of the estate.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: John Preston Neale. John Preston Neale. The Mansions of England: Or, Picturesque Delineations of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen. 1847. M. A. Nattali. 138.
2. Book: Howard Colvin. Howard Colvin. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. 1978. John Murray. 0 7195 3328 7. 426. registration.
3. Web site: Vincent, Sir Francis, 10th bt. (1803–1880), of Debden Hall, nr. Saffron Walden, Essex , History of Parliament Online. 8 September 2015.
4. Book: Temma F. Berg. The Lives and Letters of an Eighteenth-century Circle of Acquaintance. 2006. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. 978-0-7546-5599-2. 262.
5. http://library.thehumanjourney.net/977/1/Report1282LR.pdf 18th Century Stables of the Former Debden Hall, Debden, Essex (PDF)