
Finborough Hall is aGrade II listed[1] stucco-faced Tuscan-style country house inGreat Finborough,Suffolk, England.
The grounds were originally purchased byRoger Pettiward[2][3] fromColonel William Wollaston MP. Roger Pettiward rebuilt Finborough Hall in 1795 to a design byFrancis Sandys[1] ofBury St Edmunds, who had also worked atIckworth House.[4]
Finborough Hall, due to its association with thePettiward family, subsequently gave its name toFinborough Road inLondon, developed as part of thePettiward Estate in north-west Chelsea, London SW10, still owned by the Pettiward family. This led to the name ofFinborough Theatre. The Hall's original c1700 staircase was moved toRougham Hall in 1878.
Finborough School is based in Finborough Hall, and it had previously been the headquarters of theEastern Electricity Board.
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