Papillon Hall, Lubenham, Former manor house in Lubenham, England.
Papillon Hall was an octagonal stone building with tall gables and a cross-shaped slated roof that created a striking appearance. The exterior walls featured broad bands of stonework arranged in a rustication pattern that gave the structure its distinctive character.
David Papillon, a French Huguenot military engineer, built a two-story moated residence in 1624 as his family estate near Market Harborough. In 1903, architect Edwin Lutyens later redesigned it into a butterfly-shaped complex with circular structures and a Tuscan colonnade.
The hall generated local folklore about a Spanish mistress who placed a curse on her brocade shoes, warning of misfortune to anyone removing them.
The former manor house site is now part of Papillon Fields Farm and can be seen from Lutterworth Road near Market Harborough. A sign marks the location where the original residence once stood.
Local folklore tells of a Spanish mistress who cursed her lace handkerchief and warned that misfortune would befall anyone who removed it. This story shaped how people in the area viewed the place for many generations.
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