Arbury Hall (grid referenceSP335893) is aGrade I listedcountry house inNuneaton,Warwickshire, England, and the ancestral home of theNewdigate family, later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate (Viscount Daventry) families.
The hall is built on the site of the formerArbury Priory in a mixture ofTudor and 18th-centuryGothic Revival architecture, the latter being the work of SirRoger Newdigate from designs byHenry Keene.[citation needed]
The 19th-century authorGeorge Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) was born on one of the estate farms in 1819, the daughter of the estate's land agent.[1]
In 1911, SirFrancis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate erected, at Arbury Hall, a monument to the memory of George Eliot.[2]
The hall is set in 300 acres (121 ha) of parkland.[1]
George Eliot immortalised Arbury Hall as "Cheverel Manor" inScenes of Clerical Life, where it is the setting for "Mr Gilfil's Love Story".[1]
The filmAngels & Insects (1995) was shot entirely at Arbury Hall and within the grounds.[citation needed]
Arbury Hall was also used as the fictional Hoxley Manor in the BBC TV seriesLand Girls (2009).[citation needed]
Custodians of Arbury Hall include:[3]
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