The 2014 flood which hit the village of Finchingfield next to the Spains Hall Estate, in Braintree, Essex. Picture: Archie Ruggles-Brise But in October 2001, the area saw its worst flooding for ...

A pair of Eurasian beavers were brought to the Spains Hall Estate in Finchingfield last year as part of a project to help reduce flood risk. They were the first to be brought to Essex in 400 years ...

The Eurasian beavers were bred in captivity and introduced at the Spains Hall Estate near Braintree ... The estate at Finchingfield flooded in 2012 and 2014. The Environment Agency said that ...

Oliver, 49, has been forced to seek permission to fix the problems because Spains Hall, near Finchingfield in Essex, is a Grade I listed building. It has 12 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, two drawing ...

The building sits on a 70 acre estate of Spains Hall in Finchingfield and features 12 bedrooms, ten bathrooms, two drawing rooms and a great hall. Now, Mr Oliver hopes to update and refurbish his ...

He has also brought in a top planning consultancy to work on plans for his seven-bedroom family home Spains Hall in Finchingfield, Essex. It believed the work to carried out could amount to a six ...

Spains Hall in Essex dates back to the Norman Conquest ... The magnificent manor house, near the village of Finchingfield, has been owned by the Ruggles-Brise family since 1760 and now Archie ...

Finchingfield, often referred to as the ... Then there's the Elizabethan country house of Spains Hall, which is nearby. It is surrounded by 150 acres of woodland, inclusive of 11 miles of public ...

There has been no shortage of high-profile arrivals to Finchingfield in recent months. In January, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver bought Spains Hall - a Tudor mansion on the outskirts of the north ...

The TV chef bought an Elizabethan manor house in Finchingfield, Essex, in 2019, and a pair of Eurasian beavers were brought into the nearby Spains Hall Estate the same year. In 2020, the adult ...