DiCamillo Companion
England

Little Durnford Manor

  • 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.

    Past Seat / Home of: 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