Chigwell Hall is a Grade II

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house in

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. It is situated on Roding Lane within 42 acres of grounds.Chigwell Hall
Chigwell Sports Club, accessed 10 December 2014. It was designed by the English architect

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- his only house in EssexPevsner, p. 122. - for Shaw's client,

Alfred Savill Alfred Savill (1829–1905) was the founder of Savills, one of the United Kingdom's largest estate agents. Career Born in Chigwell, Essex, Alfred Savill became a land agent, surveyor and auctioneer.

, founder of the

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estate agency, and built in 1876. The building and grounds have been owned by the

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since 1967 and is the current site of the force's sports and social club. Chigwell Hall was built on the grounds to the south west of Chigwell Manor, a

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building in Roding Lane which had belonged to the Branston family for two generations. In 1881 Savill decided to abandon the older house and moved into Chigwell Hall. It is located on High Road, Chigwell, near to the Kings Head, a 17th-century

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made famous by

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who used it as a basis for The Maypole Inn, for his novel ''

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''." Chigwell: A Glamorous Town that likes to Flash it's Cash"
''The Metro'' online edition, accessed 10 November 2014. As well as being the residence of the Metropolitan Police's sports and social club, Chigwell Hall is also used for business functions, wedding ceremonies, and is the venue of a restaurant. The

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describes the hall as "especially good, surprising in its freshness and looking as it might well ave been builttwenty-five years later".

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