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
Moulton Paddocks Demolished 1950
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
MOULTON PADDOCKS, UNLIKE MOST OF THE LOST COUNTRY HOUSES OF SUFFOLK, WAS NOT ORIGINALLY THE HOUSE AT THE HUB OF A LARGE COUNTRY ESTATE. Situated between the village of Moulton and Newmarket, it was, in the middle of the nineteenth century, a small house with only a small acreage of land. Its expansion into an estate with a substantial country house in over 1,000 acres arose from its proximity to Newmarket and its development as a racing establishment.
At the time of the enclosure of Moulton in 1841 the property, then known as Fidget Hall, with sixty-four acres was owned by George Samuel Ford. A year later at redemption of the tithes the property, now with a further eight acres, was owned by William Webber. By 1850 it had passed into the hands of Sir Robert Pigot, was known as Moulton Paddocks and was described as his ‘occasional seat’. In 1868, when Col. Frederick Daniel Fryer occupied the house, it was again described as Fidget Hall, but by the early 1870s the old name finally seems to have been dropped in favour of Moulton Paddocks, presumably reflecting the owner's interest in racing. The next thirty years saw a number of owners; by 1879 Col. Fryer's son, by 1888 Lord Gerard and then George Alexander Baird following whose death the property was put up for sale by auction in 1895. Having failed to sell in 1895 the estate was marketed again in 1898, and in the next year was bought by Sir Ernest Cassel.
Cassel was born in Cologne in 1852, the son of a banker. His initial training in his home city was followed by periods with banking businesses in Liverpool and Paris. Moving to a London financial house in 1870 at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, he established the foundations of what was to become an immense fortune. Alongside his work for his employers, Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt, he engaged in ventures on his own account and in 1884 became wholly independent. He became one of the wealthiest and most powerful figures in the City of London, and at his death left over £7 million, having reputedly given over £2 million to charities during his lifetime. Cassel was a confidant of King Edward VII who was a frequent visitor to Moulton Paddocks.
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- Lost Country Houses of Suffolk , pp. 107 - 109Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2010