Earlier Houses: A great fire in 1779 destroyed most of an earlier house on the site.
Garden & Outbuildings: Capability Brown probably designed the Moorish Gothic temple, the Tea House, and the polygonal lodge.
Architect: Joseph Patience Jr.
Date: 1790s and 1st decade of 19th centuryArchitect: Lancelot Brown
Designed: Grounds, including Moorish Gothic Temple and Tea HouseJohn 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. II, p. 174, 1853.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Reference: pg. 742
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
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
Publisher: London: Burke's Peerage
ISBN: 0850110351
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II*
Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: David Gordon Lennox
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No