A HOUSE WITH A HISTORY

Wiston Manor appears in the Domesday Book, the register of English possessions made by William the conqueror in 1066.

A house has stood on the estate from the middle of the 14th century and indeed, part of the present house dates back to 1576 – in particular the splendid great hall with its double hammer-beam roof.

During the English Civil War, Wiston House was occupied, first by forces loyal to King Charles 1, then by parliamentarian soldiers. Sir John Fagge purchased the estate in 1649 and his granddaughter Elizabeth became heiress to the Estate in 1740. She married Sir Charles Goring, a neighbouring landowner and the house has been owned by the Goring family ever since.

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