Cransley Hall is a Grade II* listed

country manor house in the village of

Great Cransley Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born ...

, near

Kettering Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of Ket ...

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

. It is set in its own grounds which include a lake created by

monk A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...

s in the fifteenth century. Originally built in around 1580, the Hall has over fifteen bedrooms and ornately decorated reception rooms, including Italianate plasterwork in the dining room. The Hall was originally built by

Dame Alice Owen Alice Owen ( Wilkes; 1547 – 26 October 1613) was an English philanthropist. Life Owen was born in 1547 to an Islington landowner Thomas Wilkes and his wife. She had a sister Mary whose daughter, Anne Bedingfeild, was also a benefactor.Griff ...

, widowed three times, latterly to Judge Thomas Owen. Following his death she left her home in

Islington Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ar ...

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, and moved to Cransley Hall. Owen also founded

Dame Alice Owen's School Dame Alice Owen's School (also known as Dame Alice Owen's or Owen's; referred to by the acronym DAOS) is an 11–18 mixed, partially selective secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England. It i ...

. The Hall bears the arms of later owners, Sir Thomas Cecil (c.1595) and Sir Henry Robinson (d. 1727). It passed to the Rose family in 1791, remaining in their hands till 1904.

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Dame Alice Owen's School
{{coord, 52.3813, -0.7837, region:GB_type:landmark, display=title Country houses in Northamptonshire Gardens in Northamptonshire Grade II* listed buildings in Northamptonshire

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