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Little is known of the original Upton Hall, it is known that both the Hall and the manor of Upton where bought from the Bolds, who had held the manor for six generations, by Robert Davies in 1614. In the 1730s the Hall was occupied by Richard Worral and his wife Dorothy. Richard was a Yeoman and they had at least two children, William and Margaret.

 

The present Upton Hall was built in the eighteen hundreds by the Webster family, who for many years held the manor of Upton.
Upton Hall

The Hall was occupied in 1854 by William Inman, who stayed there only long enough to build Upton Manor on land between Upton and Moreton.

 

The FCJ sisters bought Upton Hall (the two storey building on the right in the pictures) from the Websters in 1863. The newer three storey building on the left was built by the sisters in the same year to house a girls' boarding school.
Upton Hall

In March 1974 the original nineteenth century building was given Grade II listed status, the official description is as follows:

 

"... House, now part of school. c1840. Stucco over brick, roof not visible behind parapet. 2 storeys, square in plan with central entrance hall. Symmetrical 3-window range with central doorway in portico porch with paired Tuscan columns flanked by 16-pane sash windows. Window over door in moulded architrave with entablature. Moulded cornice and blocking course over. Sill band returns to plain sashed side elevations. Axial stack. ..."
Upton Hall

The FCJ sisters stiill operate Upton Hall School, but since 1972 it has been a day school only.
Upton Hall

In 1998, the convent was closed and the building was taken over by the school to provide additional teaching space. The last FCJ sister to live in the convent was Sister Mary Joseph Pemberton.

 

Click here for more details of Upton Hall as a School.