Beaumanor Hall is a stately home with a park in the small village of Woodhouse on the edge of the Charnwood Forest, near the town of Loughborough in Leicestershire, England. The present hall was built in 1842–8 by architect William Railton and builder George Bridgart of Derby, for the Herrick family, with previous halls dating back to the 14th century,[1][2] and is a Grade II* listed building[3] It was used during the Second World War for military intelligence.[4] It is now owned by Leicestershire County Council as a training centre, conference centre and residential facility for young people.[5]
- ^ Builder research by Carmel Bridgart of Adelaide Australia - from "Nottingham Review & General Advertiser for the Midlands" Newspaper - Friday 18 August 1848 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography William Railton. Accessed 9 January 2009
- ^ "Loughborough and its Neighbourhood". Leicester Chronicle. British Newspaper Archive. 6 November 1841. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "Heritage Gateway - Results". www.heritagegateway.org.uk.
- ^ Sinclair McKay (4 October 2012). The Secret Listeners: How the Y Service Intercepted the German Codes for Bletchley Park. UK: Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1845137632.
- ^ Beaumanor Hall Conference Centre