The House from "Morris's Views of Seats," circa 1875.
Built / Designed For: Sir Wyndham Knatchbull
House & Family History: Contemporary building accounts indicate that three million bricks were used in the building of Mersham-Le-Hatch. Between 1947 and 2000 the House was leased to the Caldecott Foundation for their headquarters.
Collections: Drawing Room furniture from Mersham-Le-Hatch was sold at Christie's on July 4, 1991.
Architect: Robert Adam
Date: 1762-66John 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. III, 1826.
Country Life: XLIX, 368 plan, 1921. LV, 582 [Chippendale letters], 1924. LVIII, 218 plan, 1925.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
Title: Disintegration of a Heritage: Country Houses and their Collections, 1979-1992, The
Author: Sayer, Michael
Year Published: 1993
Publisher: Norfolk: Michael Russell (Publishing)
ISBN: 0859551970
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade I
Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: Norton Louis Philip Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Knatchbull family here since 1486.
Past Seat / Home of: Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, 18th century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Phone: 01303-813-278
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mershamhatchestate.co.uk
Historic Houses Member: No