The House from a circa 1912 postcard
Earlier Houses: There were two earlier houses on the site of the current house. The first was the Elizabethan seat of the Drurys, built for Sir Dru Drury, followed by the late 18th century house built to the designs of Thomas Leverton. This house burned in 1899 and was replaced by the current House in 1900, which was built around the core of the second house.
Built / Designed For: Silvanus Bevan III
House & Family History: Riddlesworth is noted today because it numbers, among its former students Diana, Princess of Wales, and her sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale.
Architect: Thomas Leverton
Date: 1792John 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: 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
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: EARLIER HOUSE: Drury family. Silvanus Bevan, III, 18th century. Sir Anthony John Compton-Thornhill, 2nd Bt., 19th century. CURRENT HOUSE: Champion family and their descendants, the Griffith-Williams and Noel families, 1893 until circa 1985.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: School
Ownership Details: Owned by the Noel family and leased to Riddlesworth Hall Prep School.
House Open to Public: No
Phone: 01953-681-246
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.riddlesworthhall.com
Historic Houses Member: No