Homme House is an 18th-century country house in

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, Herefordshire, UK. Primarily built of brick, it is now used as a wedding venue and is a

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. Originally built in the 16th century of stone it was substantially rebuilt and enlarged in the late 18th century in brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. The frontage of the main rectangular block has three storeys and six bays, with a porch having two pairs of Tuscan columns beneath a pediment. Only the attached tower remains of the previous stone building. The house stands in an estate of gardens, of parkland and of woodland. A Grade I listed summerhouse stands in the grounds.

History

The Homme estate was acquired from the crown by Thomas Kyrle in 1574. His son John was created a baronet and was twice

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. He was succeeded by his grandson and the latter by his eldest daughter Vincentia, who married Sir John Ernle, son of the

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. Their daughter Constantia married but had no children and the estate passed to her cousin's son, James Money, whose grandson

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added the Kyrle name to his own and was created a baronet. The estate passed down in the Money-Kyrle family for several generations until inherited by

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, who sold the estate, much reduced in size, to his uncle, the Reverend Cecil Money-Kyrle, vicar of Much Marcle. It then descended via Cecil's sister’s grandson, Vice-Admiral John Ernle Pope, to the family of the latter’s step-daughter who possess it today. During the

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, Homme House was used as a hospital.

References

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External links

Official website for Homme House
Country houses in Herefordshire Grade II* listed buildings in Herefordshire