Earlier Houses: There was probably an earlier Medieval house on, or near, the site of the current house.
House & Family History: Little Durnford is a mid-18th century house of six bays of flint and stone checker with gray brick trim. The ground floor features windows that have alternating segmental and triangular pediments. The mid-18th dining room is particularly fine, with a plaster frieze and plaster wall panels framing tapestries. The central staircase features a glazed dome.
Collections: In June 2002 four men wearing balaclavas broke into Little Durnford Manor and stole antiques, jewelry, and porcelain worth more than £1 million. In 2003 a man was fined £25,000 at Salisbury Crown Court for handling property worth £130,000 stolen from Little Durnford.
Country Life: CLVIII, 18, 1975.
Title: Buildings of England: Wiltshire, The
Author: Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget
Year Published: 1999
Reference: pgs. 227-228
Publisher: London: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0140710264
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1990
Author: Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (Editors)
Year Published: 1990
Reference: pg. P 247
Publisher: London: Debrett's Peerage Limited (New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc.)
ISBN: 0312046405
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade I
Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: John Nicholas Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester; here since 1966.
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSE: John Wodhull, 15th century. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: Edward Younge, 18th century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: Limited Access to Grounds Only
Historic Houses Member: No