page_title: Bylaugh Hall
section_title: The Beevor family
hierarchical_section_title: Bylaugh Hall / The Beevor family
caption_attribution_description: English: Bylaugh Hall, Norfolk, 1852
context_page_description: Bylaugh Hall, also known as Bylaugh Park, is a country house situated in the parish of Bylaugh in Norfolk, England.
context_section_description: Edward Beevor (1800-1852) who built Bylaugh Hall assumed the name of Lombe. He was born in 1800 in Norwich. In 1826 he became a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Arundel. In 1831 he married Marie Rozer de St. Julien who was French. The couple had no children and spent most of their lives travelling abroad. In 1849 after a long delay it was eventually necessary for the Court of Chancery to intervene and order the use of the trust funds for their appointed purpose, and the architects Charles Barry, Jr. and Robert Richardson Banks were at length commissioned to design a suitable house.  William Andrews Nesfield advised on the position of the house, and was responsible for laying out the grounds and gardens. The clock tower and surrounding buildings are vaguely reminiscent of the new Houses of Parliament which were designed by Sir Charles Barry, Sr. Along with the Houses of Parliament, it was amongst the first buildings ever to employ steel girders in the supporting structure. The exterior stonework, including the balustrades and the terrace walling, are of magnesian limestone. At this time the estate was the third largest in Norfolk, containing over 19,000 acres (77 km²).
  Bylaugh Hall was completed in 1852 but Edward died in the same year in Florence before its completion. It was inherited by his uncle Charles Beevor (1776-1860) who assumed the name of Lombe in accordance with Sir John Lombe's Will. He was the first resident of Bylaugh Hall.
  Charles died in 1860 and was succeeded by Rev. Edward Evans (1791- 1861) who was a legitimate descendant of the Lombe family.
caption: Bylaugh Hall 1852 when it was built
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