House & Family History: Between 1789 until 1792 Henry Holland remodeled the existing late 17th century house as a hunting box for the 5th Duke of Bedford. There is a doorway in Oakley House from Fineshade Abbey.
Architect: Henry Holland
Date: 1789-92John 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. I, 1818.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Reference: pg. 504
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
Title: Buildings of England: Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough, The
Author: Pevsner, Nikolaus
Year Published: 1997
Reference: pg. 129
Publisher: London: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0140710345
Book Type: Hardback
Title: England's Lost Houses From the Archives of Country Life
Author: Worsley, Giles
Year Published: 2002
Reference: pg. 10
Publisher: London: Aurum Press
ISBN: 1854108204
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford, 18th century; Russell family here until 1918. Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, 1948-35.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No