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Description: | The monks of Merton in Surrey were granted the Manor of Upton in 1156. They set up a Monastery in an existing house that lay close to St. Laurence Church. The monks were at Upton for 382 years until they were expelled by Henry VIII in 1538. During their stay the monks almost completely rebuilt the house and this is substantially the same house that we can see today - Upton Court.
As a Royalist house it survived the ravages of the Civil War. The house passed through many owners. In 1711 it was conveyed to Edward Lascelles and in 1796 to the Earl of Harewood. In 1929 it was sold to Mr Farmiloe, paint manufacturer and in 1956 Francis Groves, printer became the owner. The building was later used as offices by the Slough Observer newspaper. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Slough Library | Subjects: | Houses ; Stained glass ; Coats of Arms ; Manor Houses Upton Court ; Braddyl Bagot | Temporal: | start=1970-01-01; end=1985-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Reg Harrison | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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