DiCamillo Companion
England

Lainston House

  • Earlier Houses: There was very likely a Medieval house on the site of the current house.

    House & Family History: It's possible that Sir Christopher Wren began work on the current house in the early 1680s. Charles II made a home here with Louise de Keroualle, one of his mistresses. The scandalous 1744 secret marriage of Elizabeth Chudleigh and Augustus Hervey took place in the chapel at Lainston.

  • Garden & Outbuildings: The grounds contain the longest line of lime trees (planted in 1716) in England.

  • Country Life: XLV, 252, 1919.

  • House Listed: Grade II*

    Park Listed: Grade II*

  • Current Ownership Type: Corporation

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Hotel

    Ownership Details: Owned by Exclusive Hotels and Venues

  • House Open to Public: By Appointment

    Website: https://www.exclusive.co.uk/lainston-house/

    Historic Houses Member: No

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