Coleorton Hall

On the death of the third Viscount in 1702 the estate passed to a distant cousin Sir George Beaumont, 4th Baronet of Stoughton Grange who was Member of Parliament for Leicester 1702-37.

Under the 7th Baronet, a patron of the arts whose collection formed the foundation of the National Gallery, Coleorton Hall's regular guests included William Wordsworth (who designed the Winter Garden in 1806), Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sir Walter Scott and John Constable.

The ninth baronet, High Sheriff in 1852, substantially remodelled the house in about 1862, with the assistance of architect FP Cockerell, adding another storey.

Both the Uk Operation and EMEA Sales management moved into the hall after relocating from other Fison's offices mainly based in Loughborough.

[2] As of October 2020, the eastern leg of Phase 2b that is due to run past the Coleorton Hall Estate has been postponed indefinitely and the consensus is that it will likely never happen with the government more likely to focus on the Northern Power House routes.

Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire; illustration from Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland by John Preston Neale
Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds by John Constable , 1836.