Relhan Collection : 337 Barham Hall near Linton

Relhan, Richard, 1782-1844

Relhan Collection

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p> Identified by Ethel Fegan as Barham Hall and added to Benton’s list in 1935. See also <b>345</b>. A chapel was built here c.1250 by lords of the manor of Barham for the Abbey of St Jacut, in exchange for land and a house for a chaplain. In 1293 the chapel, house and land were given to the Friars of the Holy Cross. After dissolution of the monasteries in1539 the site was sold. It appears on a map of Linton, 1600, with a small square courtyard surrounded by the chapel, cloister, hall and buttery, and there was also a kitchen yard and outbuildings. The Hall became a C16 2-storeyed private house owned by the Millicent family. In the late C17 mullion and transom windows and a central pediment were added. The chapel, St Margaret’s, was still used in C18. Mrs Lonsdale bequeathed the house to Pembroke College in 1807, as a country seat for the Master. Lysons noted evidence for a medieval chapel, hall and cloisters but these were mostly demolished in 1830s and only a range of 5 bays, refronted in brick, a medieval wall with arched door and an early C16 window survive. Rear extensions are C17. It has now been renovated as a family home within a farm.</p><p>Haigh 1988; Lysons 1808; Watkin1981</p></p>