Built / Designed For: George Evans, 3rd Baron Carbery.
House & Family History: The Entrance Hall, designed by George Dance, is extraordinary; it has a shallow top-lit vault, an Ionic screen, and a low central arch.
Comments: The Georgian Group called the Hall "one of England's finest surviving neo-Classical interiors."
Architect: William Daniel Legg
Date: 18th centuryJohn 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. II, p. 164, 1855.
John Preston (J.P.) Neale, published under the title of Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. I, 1824.
Title: Georgian: The Magazine of the Georgian Group, The
Author: NA
Year Published: NA
Reference: January 1999, pg. 16
Publisher: London: The Georgian Group
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Magazine
House Listed: Grade II
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: George Evans, 3rd Baron Carbery, 18th century; William Charles Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery, 19th century.
Current Ownership Type: Charity / Nonprofit
Primary Current Ownership Use: Retirement Home
Ownership Details: Owned by the Polish Benevolent Fund Housing Association.
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No