An 1830 engraving of the house from "Neale's Views of Seats"
Built / Designed For: Edward Jeffries Esdaile
House & Family History: Cothelstone House was in the neo-Greek style with a three-bay front, with the center bay of giant Ionic columns in antis. It was built for Edward Jeffries Esdaile, who married the daughter of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Esdaile was also seated at nearby Cothelstone Manor, a house purchased in the late 18th century by his grandfather, Edward Jeffries.
Architect: George Phillips Manners
Date: 1817-18Architect: Charles Harcourt Masters
Date: 1817-18John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. I, p. 153, 1854.
John Preston (J.P.) Neale, published under the title of Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. IV, 1828.
Country Life: XXIII, 54, 1908.
Title: Buildings of England: South and West Somerset, The
Author: Pevsner, Nikolaus
Year Published: 1958
Publisher: London: Penguin Books
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Hardback
Title: England's Lost Houses From the Archives of Country Life
Author: Worsley, Giles
Year Published: 2002
Publisher: London: Aurum Press
ISBN: 1854108204
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Reference: pg. 644
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
Title: No Voice From the Hall: Early Memories of a Country House Snooper
Author: Harris, John
Year Published: 1998
Publisher: London: John Murray
ISBN: 0719555671
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Demolished
Park Listed: Destroyed
Past Seat / Home of: Edward Jeffries Esdaile, until 1867.
Current Ownership Type: Demolished
Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No