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Thorton Manor was constructed in the late 1600s just outside the town of Wendron in Cornwall by the 5th Viscount Thorton, Jacob Lawrence, as a home for his family. His son, Phillip Lawrence, was named the first Earl of Narbett and granted a greater swath of land, including an Elizabethan manor house. Thus, the titleholder's family moved to what was now called Narbett Hall, leaving Thorton Manor to become a secondary estate and the traditional residence of heir to the Earl of Narbett. | '''Thorton Manor''' was constructed in the late 1600s just outside the town of Wendron in Cornwall by the 5th Viscount Thorton, Jacob Lawrence, as a home for his family. His son, Phillip Lawrence, was named the first Earl of Narbett and granted a greater swath of land, including an Elizabethan manor house. Thus, the titleholder's family moved to what was now called [[Narbett Hall]], leaving Thorton Manor to become a secondary estate and the traditional residence of heir to the Earl of Narbett. | ||
[[File:Thorton Manor.jpg]] | [[File:Thorton Manor.jpg|500px|thumb|left|Represented by Nunnington Hall, Yorkshire]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 15 January 2017
Thorton Manor was constructed in the late 1600s just outside the town of Wendron in Cornwall by the 5th Viscount Thorton, Jacob Lawrence, as a home for his family. His son, Phillip Lawrence, was named the first Earl of Narbett and granted a greater swath of land, including an Elizabethan manor house. Thus, the titleholder's family moved to what was now called Narbett Hall, leaving Thorton Manor to become a secondary estate and the traditional residence of heir to the Earl of Narbett.
