The Holland Family - Builders of Dumbleton Hall

In 1822 the Dumbleton Estate was purchased from Earl Somers by a Mr Swinton Holland.    However, Swinton Holland died within a year so the estate passed to his son Edward  who set about restoring the estate.   Edward Holland commissioned the architect G S Repton to build the new Dumbleton Hall in 1830.  The Hall is built of stone, from the Temple Guiting quarries, and of brick.   Edward Holland carried out many improvements to the village.   He rebuilt some of the farms and constructed a number of semi-detached cottages.   In order to carry out all this building work he established a brickyard to the north of the village.