The House from a 1907 postcard
Built / Designed For: Edward Green
House & Family History: Ken Hill was built as a retreat or villa, not a country house, for Edward Green (1831-1923), a Yorkshire industrialist most noted today as the inventor of Green's Economiser. Ken Hill is considered a major provincial example of the Queen Anne style and appeared in the May 2, 1879 issue of "House Building News."
Collections: The contents of Ken Hill were auctioned by Christie's on September 13, 1999.
Country Life: CXLII, 1654 plan, 1704, 1967.
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: Sir Stephen Lycett Green, 4th Bt.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No