The House from a circa 1919 postcard
Earlier Houses: The current House was rebuilt around the core of a 17th century house, which was itself probably built on the site of an even earlier house.
House & Family History: Kiddington was remodeled by Charles Barry in the Italian style circa 1840-50. Barry's alterations enveloped a house of 1673 (of which very little remains) with the famous honey-colored Cotswold stone native to this part of the world. The new house is five bays by two stories and is surrounded by terraces and formal gardens, also designed by Barry. Kiddington's interiors are notable for the Rococo Drawing Room and the Library studded with Neoclassical friezes. In September 2009 Maurice Robson (whose family had been here since the 1950s) placed the Kiddington Estate on the market for £42 million; the House was sold in 2010 for a purported £15 million to model and socialite and model Jemima Khan.
Garden & Outbuildings: Barry designed the extant Stables at the same as the House (circa 1840-50).
Architect: Charles Barry Sr.
Date: Circa 1840-50Architect: Lancelot Brown
Date: Circa 1740 and circa 1760
Title: Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, The
Author: Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus
Year Published: 1974
Reference: pgs. 669-670
Publisher: London: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0140710450
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Reference: pg. 104
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Grade II
Park Listed: Grade II
Current Seat / Home of: Jemima Khan; here since 2010.
Past Seat / Home of: Sir Charles Browne, 18th century. Mortimer Ricardo, 19th century. Sir Lawrence Robson, 20th century; Erik Maurice W. Robson, 20th century; Robson family here 1953-2010.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No