a local workhouse and although Upcher admired the man's diligence and enthusiastic attitude, this did not make up for his inexperience in the building trade. Upcher allowed the clerk to have the wooden arch centres which had been used to form the cellar, removed prematurely. This was done at a time when there had been torrential rain in the area for several days. Unsurprisingly the removal of the arch Centring's caused the collapse of the cellar ceiling throwing progress back quite considerably. The construction of the house ran simultaneously with the landscaping of the estate. This work also included a terrace garden on the north south of the hall which sat in the lee of the hill. Tragedy During the period of construction of the new house Abbot and his wife Charlotte moved into the Flower's old farmhouse close to the village of Upper Sheringham. By 1817 the house was nearing completion and the family hoped to move into the hall by the summer of that year. There was still work needed on the interior of the house and the work moved on to 1818. Unfortunately in March 1818 Humphrey Repton died as a consequence of the ill health caused by his carriage accident which he had never fully recovered from. In just under a year later Abbot Upcher died in February 1819 succumbing to the illness that had plagued his health for many years, He was only aged 35. By the time of Abbots death the house was all but finished, but his wife Charlotte had lost interest in the new house and stayed in the old farmhouse. By the time of Abbot's death the house had cost £6,600. Work was stopped on the house and it remained empty and unfinished until Abbot and Charlotte's son Henry Ramey Upcher married and he finished the hall and moved in with his family in 1839. Charlotte had remained in the farmhouse and dedicated herself to the village wellbeing, the church and to her family. She was also instrumental in the inauguration of Sheringham's first lifeboat, the Augusta. Upcher residency By the time that Henry Upcher had finally completed the hall and moved his family in, the cost for the build had risen to £12,618. Henry lived in the hall with his wife Caroline and his 11 children. He died on the 30 March 1892 leaving the hall to Henry Morris Upcher