Description:A postcard view of Hilderstone Hall which was built around 1810 on the site of an earlier building by Ralph Bourne, a pottery manufacturer. Bourne also founded Hilderstone Church and the village school in the early 19th century. In the grounds is a Cedar of Lebanon tree, thought to have been brought back from the Crusades, and the remains of fish ponds. The Grade II Listed hall was a private residence until 1987 when it became a care home for the elderly.
This postcard was published by T. G. Adie & Co. of Stone. It was posted in 1913 from someone staying at the Hall to Miss E. Kempthorne at High Beach Vicarage, Loughton, Essex.