Kirby Sigston Manor and Lake (geograph 2028063)

The Lake, Kirby Sigston manor (geograph 2028083)

Kirby Sigston Manor is a

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with ...

in the village of Kirby Sigston in

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, England. It has been

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on the

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since January 1953. The house primarily dates from 1826. It was expanded in the 20th century. It is two storeys in height with a three-bay plan. It has a pair of four-bay plans to the rear of the house. The main door to the house has a Doric doorcase. The house is owned by

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, leader of the Conservative Party and

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, who bought it for £1.5 million before he became an MP. He was elected as the MP for the local constituency of

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in 2015. In 2021 Sunak was granted planning permission to build a leisure complex with a gym, swimming pool and outdoor tennis court in a paddock at the house. This work was expected to cost £400,000. Activists from the environmental charity

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projected a film onto the facade of the house in November 2022 as a protest regarding Sunak's government's policies on fuel poverty in the United Kingdom.

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