| Hindlip Hall | |
|---|---|
 The hall in 2005 | |
  Location within Worcestershire | |
| General information | |
| Type | Stately home |
| Location | Hindlip |
| Coordinates | 52°13′19″N 2°10′12″W / 52.222065°N 2.170056°W |
| Completed | 1575 (rebuilt c. 1820) |
| Owner | In the care of the West Mercia Police |
| Website | |
| https://www.westmercia.police.uk/article/4406/Hindlip-Hall-Police-Headquarters | |
Hindlip Hall is a stately home in Hindlip, Worcestershire, England. The first major hall was built before 1575, and it played a significant role in both the Babington and the Gunpowder plots, where it hid four people in priest holes. It was Humphrey Littleton who told the authorities that Edward Oldcorne was hiding here after he had been heard saying Mass at Hindlip Hall.[1] Four people were executed and the owner at that time barely escaped execution himself due to the intercession of Lord Monteagle.
It was later owned by a poet and was for a while a girls' school before being rebuilt by Lord Southwell in 1820. The Hall was designated as a potential home for the war cabinet in 1940. It is now home to the West Mercia Police and Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service headquarters.[2]
- ^ Humphrey Littleton Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, gunpowder-plot.org, accessed 7 July 2008
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