DiCamillo Companion
England

Crowhurst Place

  • House & Family History: George Crawley, who tenanted the moated Crowhurst Place from 1907 until 1910, had just designed (in 1906) Old Westbury Gardens on Long Island, perhaps the finest Restoration house in America, for John Shaffer Phipps, who inherited a fortune formed through the creation of the United States Steel Corporation. In 2020 Crowhurst Place was listed for sale for £6 million.

  • Architect: George Abraham Crawley

    Date: 1912-15
    Designed: Service wing, sitting room, and garden room

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  • Country Life: XLVI, 12, 44 plan, 1919.

  • House Listed: Grade I

    Park Listed: Not Listed

  • Past Seat / Home of: Robert de Stangrave, 14th century. John Gainsford, 14th century. John atte Hall, 15th century. The Rev. George Gainsford, 1905-10 (the Gainsford family were seated here from 1338 until 1706; the Rev. Gainsford re-purchased the house for the family in 1905). George Crawley (tenant), 1907-10. Conseulo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough (tenant), 1910-21. Sir John Henry Harris Davis, 20th century.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No

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