The Garden Facade
The Garden Facade with the Conservatory
The Entrance Facade
The Walled Garden
Earlier Houses: An earlier, mainly 18th century, house was rebuilt and enlarged in the 19th century to form the current house.
House & Family History: T.B.T. Hildyard commissioned T.C. Hine to remodel and enlarge his Georgian house, circa 1851-54. In addition to a new exterior shell, Hine added a large porch tower to the Entrance Facade and a galleried Saloon and a large Conservatory at the back of the House.
Collections: Flintham contains furniture by Holland & Sons, including the two-story-high prize-winning bookcase/chimneypiece designed by McQuoid and shown at the Great Exhibition by Holland & Sons. Two paintings by Philippe Mercier, "The Bible Lesson" and "Three Children in a Garden," were purchased by Sir Robert Hildyard, 3rd Bt., and remain today in the collection at Flintham. On July 7, 2011 Christie's sold an 1835 Paul Storr vermeil cup from Flintham for £32,450. The vase, in the style of the Warwick Vase, with a lapis base, was formerly in the collection at Syston New Hall.
Comments: Pevsner called the Conservatory (inspired by the recently completed Crystal Palace) the "pièce-de-résistance" of the House.
Garden & Outbuildings: The Lake, Park, and two lodges by Hine, are all early 19th century.
Architect: Lewis William Wyatt
Date: 1829Architect: Thomas Chambers Hine
Date: 1853-59John 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. 220, 1854.
Country Life: CLXVI, 2374, 2454, 1979. CLXVII, 18, 1980.
Title: Victorian Country House, The
Author: Girouard, Mark
Year Published: 1990
Reference: pg. 406
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300034725
Book Type: Softback
Title: Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, The
Author: Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (Revised)
Year Published: 1979
Publisher: London: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0140710027
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade I
Park Listed: Grade II
Current Seat / Home of: Sir Robert Hildyard
Past Seat / Home of: Hussey family. Hacker family. Woodhouse family. Disney family. Fytches family. Col. T. Thoroton, 19th century. T.B.T. Hildyard, MP, mid-19th century; Myles Thoroton Hildyard, 20th century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No