Upminster Hall is a historic house in

Upminster Upminster is a suburban town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Havering. Located east-northeast of Charing Cross, it is one of the district centres identified for development in the London Plan. Historically a rural vill ...

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, England. It is now the clubhouse of the Upminster Golf Club.

History

King Harold II gave the manor of Upminster Hall to the abbots of

Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, within the metropolitan and urban area of London, England, north-east of Charing Cross. It lies on the Greenwich Meridian, between the River Lea in the west and ...

in around the year 1050. The present house, which dates from circa 1500, remained in the ownership of the abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, when King Henry VIII gave it to

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. It was then occupied by the Latham family from 1543 until it passed to Edward Noel, later 1st Earl of Gainsborough, in 1677. It was then owned by the Branfil family from 1685 until it was bought by Major Godfrey Pike in 1921. It became the clubhouse of Upminster Golf Club in 1927 It has been listed Grade II* on the

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since January 1955.

References

{{coord, 51.5663, 0.2579, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Havering Country houses in London Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Havering Grade II* listed houses in London Manor houses in England