Earlier Houses: There were at least two earlier houses near the site of the current house.
Built / Designed For: Anthony Gilbert Storer
Garden & Outbuildings: Repton's 1793 Red Book for Purley Magna is extant and in a private collection today.
John 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: Vol. II, p. 217, 1853.
House Listed: Grade II*
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSES: Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; St. John family here from 1514 until 1789. Robert Mackreth, 1789-90. John Martindale, 1790-93. Anthony Morris Storer, 1793-99. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: Anthony Gilbert Storer, 1805-18; Major Anthony Morris Storer, 1818-1902. Ivy Leila Downing, until 1920.
Current Ownership Type: Corporation
Primary Current Ownership Use: Flats / Multi Family
Ownership Details: Divided into flats in 2004.
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No