Earlier Houses: There was probably an earlier house on, or near, the site of the current house.

Built / Designed For: P. Saithard

House & Family History: Buchan Hill is an enormous, red brick, late Victorian mansion built in the Elizabethan style for the extraordinarily successful ostrich-feather merchant P. Saithard. In the 1950s Cottesmore School moved here from Hove, Sussex, and continue to occupy the Estate today.

Garden & Outbuildings: The Buchan Hill Estate had been owned in the early 19th century by The Hon. Thomas Erskine (lord chancellor from 1806 until 1807), son of the Earl of Buchan.

House Listed: Grade II

Park Listed: Not Listed

Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSE: The Hon. Thomas Erskine, early 19th century. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: Philip Felix Renaud Saillard, late 19th century.

Current Ownership Type: School

Primary Current Ownership Use: School

Ownership Details: Since 1955 Cottesmore School

House Open to Public: No

Phone: 01293-520-648

Fax: 01293-614-784

Email: office@cottesmoreschool.com

Website: http://www.cottesmoreschool.com

Historic Houses Member: No