Upton is a civil parish north-east of Kislingbury and south-west of Dallington, in Northamptonshire, England about 3.5 miles (6 km) west of Northampton town centre along the A4500 road.

[5] James Harington, the author of The Commonwealth of Oceana, which found little favour with Oliver Cromwell, was born in Upton Hall in 1611.

Mr and Mrs Macdonald cared very much for the school and the buildings and spent the summer of 1963 bringing its rooms back to a good condition and creating décor more suitable for girls in the nineteen sixties .

They were helped by Mr Browning, driver and handyman, who notably at the age of 74 painted the whole of the 18th century two storey ballroom single handed.

Mac went on to use the wonderful Victorian greenhouses to grow tomatoes on an impressive scale using the ring culture method.

The Viscount was given a tour and tea and left very pleased to have seen the medieval roof which in those days was known probably quite incorrectly as the monks room!

It was a tricky place to visit as there was a story of a young lad stepping between the beams and falling through the ballroom ceiling.

The small wooden entrance door was kept firmly padlocked and the name, the sad tale and the cobwebs helped give this part of the house a marvellous sense of mystery.