Hinwick House

Hinwick House
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General information
TypeManor house
LocationHinwick, Bedfordshire
CountryEngland
Coordinates52°14′53″N 0°37′52″W / 52.248°N 0.631°W / 52.248; -0.631
Construction started1706
Completed1710
Renovated1992 & 2015
OwnerThe Singh Family
LandlordOwner
Technical details
Floor count3
Listed Building – Grade I
Hinwick House and parkland

Hinwick House is a Grade I-listed[1] Queen Anne country house located about 90 minutes from Central London, near Podington in North Bedfordshire.[2] The estate consists of the Queen Anne main house, the Victorian wing, the Victorian wing extension, garage block, stables, three cottages attached to a clock tower, a walled garden and a period dovecote. The house and estate has a total of 50 rooms. Hinwick House underwent a two-year restoration programme that concluded in 2016.

The house stands in its own park of about 38 acres (150,000 m2) on the west side of the road from Podington and to the south of the Wollaston Road, from which the house is approached along a drive. At the end of which are wrought-iron gates with stone piers surmounted by collared eagles' heads with wings displayed, the crest of the Orlebar family by whom the house was built. At some time in the past, four soldiers were murdered; some say the house is haunted by their ghosts, since the soldiers were buried under the structure.[3][4]

  1. ^ "HINWICK HOUSE, Podington - 1160476 | Historic England".
  2. ^ "Hinwick House, Podington". British Listed Buildings.
  3. ^ "Hinwick House" (PDF).
  4. ^ "A Magnificent Manor - the Steeple Times". 25 November 2019.