Orwell Park

Orwell Park was an estate in the village of Nacton in Suffolk developed by Edward Vernon, who lived there from 1725 until he died in the mansion on 30 October 1757.

[2] Upon his death the estate was inherited by his sister, Arethusa (1777-1860),[3] wife of Sir Robert Harland, 2nd Baronet (1765–1848).

[2] He made substantial additions to the buildings of the estate, employing John Macvicar Anderson as architect.

[4] The brickwork of the base stage has banded rustication angle-buttresses at the corners, each displaying an urn finial.

[7] Annual reports of work carried out at the observatory were submitted to the Royal Astronomical Society for most years in the period 1874-1889.

[21][22][23] These two projects, along with the construction of the Felixstowe branch railway (which started running in May 1877) could have been Tomline’s attempt to provide local relief to the long depression.

Pretyman was elected member of parliament for the local constituency of Woodbridge, defeating the liberal candidate Robert Lacey Everett.