The south and east facades from a 1912 photograph
The house from an 1804 copperplate engraving
The house from a circa 1898 postcard
The Outer Court from a 1912 photograph
The undercroft from a 1912 photograph
The State Bedroom from a 1912 photograph
The South Terrace from a 1912 photograph
The Lime Walk from a 1912 photograph
Earlier Houses: There were almost certainly earlier buildings on, or near, the site of the current house.
House & Family History: The 4th Lord Mordaunt hosted James I and Queen Anne of Denmark at Drayton for three days in August of 1605. The house contains at least one priest hole. In 2023 Drayton House became famous as the fictional Saltburn House in the movie of the same name.
Collections: The Baroque Flemish artist Gerard Lanscroon, whose father, Valentin Lanscroon, worked at Chatsworth, painted murals at Drayton. Drayton's Kakiemon porcelain collection was sold to Bluett and Sons Limited.
Comments: Pevsner called Drayton the most impressive Medieval mansion in Northamptonshire.
Garden & Outbuildings: The house sits within a park of 200 acres.
Architect: Isaac Rowe
Date: 17th centuryArchitect: William Rhodes
Date: Circa 1771-74Architect: Thomas Coke
Date: Circa 1720Architect: William Talman
Date: 1702John 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: Vol. I, p. 118, 1852.
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: XXXI, 898 plan, 934, 1912. CXXXVII, 1146 plan, 1216, 1286, 1346, 1965.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Reference: pgs. 265, 952
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
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
Title: Country Life: 100 Favourite Houses
Author: Green, Candida Lycett
Year Published: 1999
Publisher: London: Boxtree
ISBN: 0752213334
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade I
Park Listed: Grade I
Current Seat / Home of: Lionel Stopford-Sackville; Sackville family here since the 18th century.
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSES: Aubrey de Vere I, 11th century; Sir Walter de Vere, 12th century. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: Sir Simon de Drayton, 14th century; Baldwin de Drayton, 14th century. Sir Henry Greene, 14th century; Ralph Green, 15th century. John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, 15th century. John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt, until 1562; John Mordaunt, 2nd Baron Mordaunt, 1562-1571; Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt, 1571-1601; Henry Mordaunt, 4th Baron Mordaunt, 1601-10; John Mordaunt, 5th Baron Mordaunt and 1st Earl of Peterborough, 1610-44; Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough and 6th Baron Mordaunt, 1644-97. Sir John Germain, 1st Bt., early 18th century; George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, 18th century; Charles Sackville-Germain, 5th Duke of Dorset, until 1843. William Bruce Stopford, 19th century; Sackville George Stopford-Sackville, until 1926; Nigel Victor Stopford-Sackville, until 1972.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No