Moreton Paddox

Moreton Paddox

Warwickshire

England

Circa Date: 1909

Status: Destroyed

Demolished 1959

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

Built / Designed For: Major Robert Emmet

House & Family History: Moreton Paddox was a large house in the Jacobethan style built for Robert Emmet, brother-in-law of Charles Garland of nearby Moreton Hall; both houses were designed by the same architect: W.H. Romaine-Walker. Thomas Jefferson's great grandfather, William Randolph, was born in the nearby village of Moreton Morrell in 1650 (he immigrated to America in 1672 at the age of 22).
Architect: William Henry Romaine-Walker

Date of Birth: 1854
Date of Death: 1940
Nationality: British
Notes: Educated at Lancing College. Articled to George Edmund Street for five years. Began independent practice in 1881. In partnership with Augustus William Tanner 1881-96, with Francis Besant 1900-11, and with Gilbert Henry Jenkins from 1911 until 1940. Romaine-Walker became a fashionable society architect and decorator.

Date: 1909
Designed: House for Robert Emmett

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Title: Burke's & Savills Guide to Country Houses, Volume II: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
Author: Reid, Peter
Year Published: 1980
Reference: pg. 160
Publisher: London: Burke's Peerage
ISBN: 0850110319
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Demolished

Park Listed: Destroyed
Past Seat / Home of: Major Robert Emmet, 20th century.

Current Ownership Type: Demolished

Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No

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