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Thorpe Hall

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Thorpe Hall at Longthorpe in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, is a Grade I listed building,Longthorpe 1. 1500 Thorpe Hall TF 1901 13/57 7.2.52. I GV 2 built by Peter Mills between 1653 and 1656, for the Lord Chief Justice, Oliver St John. The house is unusual in being one of the very few mansions built during the Commonwealth period.Brandon, David and Knight, John Peterborough Past: The City and The Soke (p. 17) Chichester: Phillimore & Co. 2001 After a period as a hospital, it is currently used as a Sue Ryder Care hospice. Read more on Wikipedia

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