Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Map of Lost Country Houses in Suffolk
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Glossary of Architectural Terms
- Introduction: The Social and Economic Background
- Country House Losses in Suffolk – An Overview
- Acton Place Demolished 1825 and 1960
- Assington Hall Destroyed by Fire 1957
- Barking Hall Demolished 1926
- Barton Hall Destroyed by Fire 1914
- Boulge Hall Demolished 1955
- Bramford Hall Demolished 1956
- Branches Park Demolished 1957
- Bredfield House Demolished 1950
- Brome Hall Demolished c. 1958
- Campsea Ashe High House Demolished 1953
- Carlton Hall Destroyed by Fire 1941
- Cavenham Hall Demolished 1949
- Chediston Hall Demolished 1955
- Downham Hall Demolished 1925
- Drinkstone Park Demolished 1951
- Easton Park Demolished 1923
- Edwardstone Hall Demolished 1952
- Flixton Hall Demolished 1952/3
- Fornham Hall Demolished 1951
- Hardwick House Demolished 1926/7
- Henham Hall Demolished 1953/4
- Hobland Hall Damaged by Fire 1961, The Reinstated Ground Floor Demolished 2002
- Holton Hall, Holton St Peter Demolished 1957
- Hunston Hall Destroyed by Fire 1917
- Livermere Hall Demolished 1923
- The Manor House, Mildenhall Demolished 1934
- Moulton Paddocks Demolished 1950
- Oakley Park, Otherwise Hoxne Hall Demolished 1923
- Ousden Hall Demolished 1955
- The Red House, Ipswich Demolished 1937
- Redgrave Hall Demolished — The Georgian Building 1947, The Tudor Building 1970
- Rendlesham Hall Demolished 1949
- Rougham Hall Ruined by Bombing in 1940
- Rushbrooke Hall Destroyed by Fire During Demolition 1961
- Stoke Park Demolished c. 1930
- Sudbourne Hall Demolished 1951
- Tendring Hall Demolished 1954
- Thorington Hall Demolished 1949
- Thornham Hall Partly Demolished 1938, Partly Destroyed by Fire 1954
- Ufford Place Demolished 1956
- Appendix
- Notes to the Text
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
Livermere Hall Demolished 1923
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Map of Lost Country Houses in Suffolk
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Glossary of Architectural Terms
- Introduction: The Social and Economic Background
- Country House Losses in Suffolk – An Overview
- Acton Place Demolished 1825 and 1960
- Assington Hall Destroyed by Fire 1957
- Barking Hall Demolished 1926
- Barton Hall Destroyed by Fire 1914
- Boulge Hall Demolished 1955
- Bramford Hall Demolished 1956
- Branches Park Demolished 1957
- Bredfield House Demolished 1950
- Brome Hall Demolished c. 1958
- Campsea Ashe High House Demolished 1953
- Carlton Hall Destroyed by Fire 1941
- Cavenham Hall Demolished 1949
- Chediston Hall Demolished 1955
- Downham Hall Demolished 1925
- Drinkstone Park Demolished 1951
- Easton Park Demolished 1923
- Edwardstone Hall Demolished 1952
- Flixton Hall Demolished 1952/3
- Fornham Hall Demolished 1951
- Hardwick House Demolished 1926/7
- Henham Hall Demolished 1953/4
- Hobland Hall Damaged by Fire 1961, The Reinstated Ground Floor Demolished 2002
- Holton Hall, Holton St Peter Demolished 1957
- Hunston Hall Destroyed by Fire 1917
- Livermere Hall Demolished 1923
- The Manor House, Mildenhall Demolished 1934
- Moulton Paddocks Demolished 1950
- Oakley Park, Otherwise Hoxne Hall Demolished 1923
- Ousden Hall Demolished 1955
- The Red House, Ipswich Demolished 1937
- Redgrave Hall Demolished — The Georgian Building 1947, The Tudor Building 1970
- Rendlesham Hall Demolished 1949
- Rougham Hall Ruined by Bombing in 1940
- Rushbrooke Hall Destroyed by Fire During Demolition 1961
- Stoke Park Demolished c. 1930
- Sudbourne Hall Demolished 1951
- Tendring Hall Demolished 1954
- Thorington Hall Demolished 1949
- Thornham Hall Partly Demolished 1938, Partly Destroyed by Fire 1954
- Ufford Place Demolished 1956
- Appendix
- Notes to the Text
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
Summary
LIVERMERE HALL STOOD SOME EIGHT MILES NORTH-EAST OF BURY ST EDMUNDS in Little Livermere, with its parkland extending into Great Livermere. The manor of Murrells (alias Little Livermere) was held by a succession of families from medieval times through to the end of the sixteenth century when, in 1597, it was acquired by William Cooke of Barrow and William Chapman, who were brothers-in-law. Six years later they acquired the ‘site of the manor of Great Livermere alias Broom Hall with the mansion house, gatehouse and closes’.
The Cooke family's ownership of property in Great and Little Livermere lasted a little over a century during which time additions were made to the estate. After the deaths of Cooke and Chapman, who in 1617 had partitioned their joint estate by allocating Broom Hall to Cooke and Murrells to Chapman, both properties passed to Cooke's son, Richard. On his death in 1688 his son, also Richard (who appears to have adopted the spelling Coke for his surname), inherited the estate but he died later in the same year. In 1692 trustees appointed by Act of Parliament assigned Richard Coke the younger's lands to the trustees of his son Arundell's marriage settlement. In 1699 they appear to have been transferred to Arundell Coke himself.
In 1709 the estate, which by then extended to more than 2,000 acres, was sold by Coke to Thomas Lee of Kensington who paid £7,500 for the manors of Murrells and Broom Hall, fifteen messuages, two dove houses, six gardens, six orchards, 600 acres of land (presumably arable), 100 acres of meadow, 250 acres of pasture, 1,200 acres of heath and the advowson of Little Livermere Church. Lee's family had owned Lawshall, south of Bury St Edmunds, since the manor there was acquired by Sir Robert Lee, Lord Mayor of London, who died in 1605. The acquisition of the Cokes’ property was followed by the purchase of further property in Great Livermere in 1715.
There are some accounts of the history of the Livermere estate which do not accord with the account given above. These relate to the ownership of Livermere Hall after 1688. It is stated that either Richard Cooke the elder or his son was responsible for building the house and that it was left to the second Duke of Grafton from whom it was purchased by Baptist Lee (Thomas Lee's son) in 1722 or 1724.
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- Lost Country Houses of Suffolk , pp. 98 - 103Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010