Ragley Hall

Ragley Hall in the parish of Arrow in Warwickshire is a stately home, located south of Alcester and eight miles (13 km) west of Stratford-upon-Avon.

[1] It became the home of Anne Conway and she was visited there by a number of notable people including Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Thomas Vaughan, Lilias Skene, Henry More, Elizabeth of Bohemia Christian Knorr von Rosenroth, the alchemist Ezekiel Foxcroft[2] and his mother the philosopher Elizabeth Foxcroft.

In 1912, following the death of Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford, the estate's trustees recommended that the house be demolished.

[7] In 1983, the painter Graham Rust completed a huge mural including pets, friends and family members which is known as "The Temptation" and is exhibited on the Southern staircase.

A news item adds that "Ragley also became the home of Lady Cremone in the BBC Two Drama Dancing on the Edge" in 2013.

Ragley Hall illustrated by Jan Kip in Le Nouveau Théâtre de la Grande Bretagne , 1697–99
Ragley Hall's north facade
The Great Hall, north side.