Pipewell Hall

Pipewell Hall in Northamptonshire, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register.

[3] Pipewell Abbey which was owned by the Cistercian monks was closed in 1538 at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries and given to Sir William Parre.

Sir Percy temporarily lost some of his land in 1652 because of his religious beliefs but he regained it several years later.

It remained with the Powis dynasty until the early 1700s when it was bought by Charles Sambourne Le Bas.

The historian John Bridges wrote "a Mr La Bas by purchase from the Duke of Powis was Lord of Pipewell".

[7] Charles Sambourne Le Bas (1665-1724) was the son of a Huguenot refugee from Caen, Normandy.

The Historian Gardiner said that because the Earl was obliged to pay a large sum of money to his relatives he sold Pipewell Abbey.

When he died in 1861 his surviving son Oscar William Holden Hambrough (1825-1900) inherited the Hall.

[14] The couple had no children so when he died in 1900 it was inherited by a relative, Major Dudley Albert Hambrough (1849-1908).

[17] Samuel died in 1943 and the house was inherited by his son David Llewellen Lloyd (1910-1996) who is famous for his development of a stalking rifle.