Built / Designed For: The Rev. Dr. Thomas Sedgwick Whalley

House & Family History: Built on a steep hillside, Mendip Lodge was an Italianate house notable for its enormous 85-foot-long veranda. Built by the spendthrift Rev. Whalley, the house supposedly cost the enormous sum of £60,000 to build.

Garden & Outbuildings: In the late 18th century there were 52 grottoes (one for every week of the year) on the Mendip Estate. The ruined stableblock is extant.

House Listed: Demolished

Park Listed: Not Listed

Past Seat / Home of: The Rev. Dr. Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, late 18th-early 19th centuries.

Current Ownership Type: Demolished

Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished

House Open to Public: No

Historic Houses Member: No