An 1834 hand-colored engraving of the house from "Virtue's Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain: Essex"
Built / Designed For: Benjamin Hoare
House & Family History: Henry Ford purchased the estate in 1930; the house was used as the European Tractor and Equipment Training Centre of the Ford Motor Company until 1990s. In 1999 Boreham House returned to private ownership.
Comments: Pevsner called the saloon and the entrance hall rooms of "surprising splendour."
Architect: Henry Flitcroft
Date: 1727Country Life: XXXVI, 54 plan, 1914.
Title: Burke's & Savills Guide to Country Houses, Volume III: East Anglia
Author: Kenworthy-Browne, John; Reid, Peter; Sayer, Michael; Watkin, David
Year Published: 1981
Reference: pgs. 42, 66
Publisher: London: Burke's Peerage
ISBN: 0850110351
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Georgian: The Magazine of the Georgian Group, The
Author: NA
Year Published: NA
Reference: January 1999, pg. 14
Publisher: London: The Georgian Group
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Magazine
House Listed: Grade I
Park Listed: Grade II
Past Seat / Home of: Benjamin Hoare, 18th century. Sir John Tyssen Tyrrell, 2nd Bt., until 1877. Henry Ford, 20th century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
Ownership Details: Today a wedding and corporate entertaining venue.
House Open to Public: Limited Access
Phone: 01245-200-777
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.borehamhouse.co.uk
Historic Houses Member: No