An early 19th century engraving of the House from "Excursions in Norfolk"
Earlier Houses: An earlier house on the site was the seat of the Wollaston family.
Built / Designed For: Roger Pettiward
House & Family History: Finborough is notable for its dome and the Entrance Façade colonnade of large Tuscan columns. The Pettiward family, for whom the House was built, lived at Finborough until the mid-1930s, when the Eastern Electricity Board purchased the House. After the Electricity Board vacated, Finborough became the home of St. George's School, a purpose it continues to serve today as Finborough School.
Collections: A portrait of William Wollaston, circa 1758-59, by Thomas Gainsborough is today in the collection of Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich (Ipswich Borough Council Museums and Galleries). William Hogarth's "The Wollaston Family," of 1730, is today on loan to the Leicester City Art Gallery.
Title: Eighteenth-Century Decoration: Design and the Domestic Interior in England
Author: Smith, Charles Saumarez
Year Published: 1993
Reference: pg. 95
Publisher: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ISBN: 0297830511
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Art Treasures of England: The Regional Collections
Author: Waterfield, Giles; et al.
Year Published: 1998
Reference: pg. 116
Publisher: London: Royal Academy of Arts
ISBN: 0900946598
Book Type: Softback
Title: Burke's & Savills Guide to Country Houses, Volume III: East Anglia
Author: Kenworthy-Browne, John; Reid, Peter; Sayer, Michael; Watkin, David
Year Published: 1981
Reference: pg. 232
Publisher: London: Burke's Peerage
ISBN: 0850110351
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSE: William Wollaston, 18th century. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: Roger Pettiward, 18th century; Pettiward family here from 1795 until the mid-1930s.
Current Ownership Type: School
Primary Current Ownership Use: School
Ownership Details: Today Finborough School
House Open to Public: No
Phone: 01449-773-600
Fax: 01449-773-601
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.finboroughschool.co.uk
Historic Houses Member: No