The House from a circa 1870 carte de visite photograph
Built / Designed For: de Grey family
House & Family History: Merton was built in the 1610s for the de Grey family.
Garden & Outbuildings: Still extant today are Blore's 1840s Grotto, the circa 1620 Gatehouse, and Milne & Hall's 1898 Stableblock, today offices and flats.
Architect: Edward Blore
Date: 1840sJohn Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. II, p. 130, 1855.
John 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: Vol. III, 1820.
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: Buildings of England: Norfolk 2, North-West and South, The
Author: Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wilson, Bill
Year Published: 1999
Publisher: London: Penguin Book
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Not Available
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: Grade II
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham, 18th century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No