Broke Hall
Country house in Nacton, Suffolk, England
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Broke Hall /ˈbrʊk/[1] is an English country house at Nacton, near Ipswich, Suffolk. It overlooks the River Orwell, opposite Pin Mill. The gardens were landscaped by Humphry Repton in 1794,[2] and the house is Grade II* listed.[3]
The site was purchased by Sir Richard Broke, who built a manor house there, during the reign of Henry VIII.[4][5] The present house was built by James Wyatt for Philip Bowes Broke in 1792, but is probably a remodelling of an earlier house built in 1775 by Richard Norris.[3]
Broke Hall was the birthplace of Admiral Philip Bowes Vere Broke.[5]
The property remained in the Broke family until 1887, when on the death of Admiral Sir George Broke-Middleton, it was inherited by his niece, Lady de Saumarez, formerly Jane Anne Broke, the wife of James Saumarez, 4th Baron de Saumarez, thus passing into the Saumarez family.[6]
A primary school in Ipswich is named after the hall.
