Essex & Suffolk Group visit to Ingatestone

Event details

Saturday 9 August 10:30am

Join the Essex & Suffolk Group at Ingatestone Hall and St. Mary’s Church, Buttsbury. Lord Petre will show us the hall – in his family since 1539. The church is 14th century and part of the estate.

This is a chance to see inside of Ingatestone Hall, guided by Lord Petre whose family have owned the estate since William Petre bought it in 1539. This will be followed by a visit to the nearby small Church of St Mary’s, built in the 14th Century and part of the estate purchased by the Petre family.  On buying the estate William Petre built the Hall that is substantially what is seen today.

Since 1919 Ingatestone Hall has been the full time residence of the Petre family. Lord Petre has kindly agreed to show us around his home, so there will be lots of information and the chance to ask questions.

After the Hall visit we will reconvene at St Mary’s Church, which is not typically open for historical visits. Although the Hall and Church are only physically half a mile apart, they are 2.5 miles apart by road.

The Church, having been purchased by the Petre family, remained until mid 19th century a Perpetual Curacy with the incumbent chosen and paid by the Petre family without recourse to the Bishop. The church continues to have strong connections to the Petre family and since the 20th century has been the church where family members are buried.
We will be shown around the Church by some of the Church team. 

The Church has never had electricity or heating.

You will need

There are no particular clothing requirements, but please note some of the visit will take place outside.
Tea, coffee, biscuits, etc will be provided at both the Hall and the Church.

How to get there

Ingatestone Hall
By car
Ingatestone Hall, Hall Lane, Ingatestone, Essex CM4 9NR
Parking on site
By train
It’s a 14 minute walk (0.6 mile) walk from Ingatestone Station.

St Mary’s Church
By car
Ingatestone Rd, Stock, Ingatestone, Essex CM4 9PA
Note that if you use the postcode for a Sat Nav,  depending on the direction of approach, you may end up 0.2 miles away from the Church. Most Sat Navs will accept the name of the Church. 
Parking at the Church

By train
If you walked to the Hall from the station, please make yourself known to one of the SPAB organisers who will arrange a car lift for you to the Church and back to the station afterwards.

Accessibility

Only the Hall has toilets, there are none at the Church.

Anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you? Please email membership@spab.org.uk.

Photos and filming:We may take photos or videos at this event to be used in future promotion, including in print and online. Participants may take photos and short videos for personal use, with permission of the course leader and all other participants in frame. If you want to post on social media, please message SPAB's Comms Team (press@spab.org.uk or @spab1877) for permission. If your material is good, we might ask to share it with our followers.

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Photo credit: Ingatestone Hall - Courtesy the owners/managers.