Description:The Home of the Good Shepherd was an orphanage established in part of Hoar Cross Old Hall by Emily Meynell-Ingram in 1888. The home was run by the Sisters of St Margaret's, East Grinstead, and had room for 14 boys aged between 4 and 9 who had lost both parents. The boys attended the local National School. In 1950, the home was taken over by the Children's Society (formerly the Waifs and Strays Society) and renamed the St Michael's House Home. The home closed in 1983 and is now part of Hoar Cross Nursing Home, a residential care home for the elderly