The house from a 1907 postcard
House & Family History: In 1955 Lexden Park, a large, Italianate, tan brick house, became Endsleigh School; it was later the Endsleigh Annex of the Colchester Institute, a purpose it served until 1995, when the house was redeveloped into flats.
Collections: The contents were auctioned in 1896.
Garden & Outbuildings: The former gardens and park of the house are today a public park.
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: Not Listed
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: J.F. Mills, early 19th century. Errington family, mid-19th century. The Right Hon. Sir M.E. Grant Duff, late 19th century. Edwin Sanders, 20th century.
Current Ownership Type: Corporation
Primary Current Ownership Use: Flats / Multi Family
Ownership Details: Divided into flats in the 1990s
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No