DiCamillo Companion
England

Culverthorpe Hall

  • Built / Designed For: Sir John Newton, 2nd Bt.

    House & Family History: Culverthorpe is a late 17th century limestone ashlar Italian style house, to which an attic story was added in the 18th century. Between 1704 and 1705 Louis Hauduroy, a relation of the Huguenot architect Samuel Hauduroy, created the decorative painting that told the story of Psyche (destroyed) on the staircase. The Bowlby family acquired the estate in the mid-20th century and sold it in 1980, together with 1,219 acres. The story of Terry Cusack and her son, Ashley, focused media attention on Culverthorpe in 2006, when it was revealed that Terry had a baby boy, born out of wedlock in 1981, and that the father was Roger Clarke, the multimillionaire owner of Culverthorpe. An ugly paternity suit ensued when it was proved that Clarke was indeed Ashley's father.

  • Architect: Stephen Switzer

    Date: Early 18th century
    Designed: Gardens
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    Architect: Reginald Theodore Blomfield

    Date: 1912
    Designed: Gardens for General Ladeveze-Adlercron

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    Architect: Reginald Theodore Blomfield

    Date: Circa 1905
    Designed: Alterations for General Ladeveze-Adlercron

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    Architect: William Stanton

    Date: 1704-05
    Designed: Alterations to House, including North (Garden) Facade, together with Edward Stanton.
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    Architect: Edward Stanton

    Date: 1704-05
    Designed: Alterations to House, including North (Garden) Facade, together with William Stanton.
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    Architect: Robert Morris

    Date: Circa 1730-35
    Designed: Alterations, including South (Entrance) Facade
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  • Country Life: LIV, 350, 386, 1923.

  • Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
    Author: Colvin, Howard
    Year Published: 2008
    Reference: pgs. 495, 705, 708, 975
    Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
    ISBN: 9780300125085
    Book Type: Hardback

    Title: Disintegration of a Heritage: Country Houses and their Collections, 1979-1992, The
    Author: Sayer, Michael
    Year Published: 1993
    Publisher: Norfolk: Michael Russell (Publishing)
    ISBN: 0859551970
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Grade I

    Park Listed: Grade II

  • "Middlemarch" (1994 - BBC TV mini series).
  • Current Seat / Home of: Dymoke family

    Past Seat / Home of: Sir John Newton, 2nd Bt., 1679-99; Sir John Newton, 3rd Bt., 1699-1734; Sir Michael Newton, 4th Bt., 1734-43. John Archer-Houblon, until 1891. Col. George Bramston Eyre, 1891-1901. Brig-General Rudolph Ladeveze-Adlercron, 1901-66. Francis Edward Salvin Bowlby, 20th century. Roger Clarke, 1995-2012.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No