Baggrave Hall

Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the site belonged to Leicester Abbey. It was then sold by the Crown to Francis Cave, whose grandson, Sir Alexander Cave, sold it on before 1625 to Edward Villiers, half-brother of the Duke of Buckingham. The hall belonged in the later 17th century to John Edwyn, whose grandson, also John, rebuilt it, but incorporated some parts of the 16th-century manor house. his son and heir Hugh Edwyn Burnaby sold the estate. It became the home of the Earle family, which sold it about 1975. The fabric of the building was severely damaged in 1988–1990 whilst in the ownership of an overseas company controlled by Asil Nadir, who had bought the estate for £3…