The house from "Morris's Views of Seats," circa 1875.
Earlier Houses: There was an earlier medieval house (probably 13th century) on the site of the 17th century house.
House & Family History: Rolleston was the childhood home of the infamous Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Fascist Party in the 1930s. Mosley sprang from a very wealthy county family and grew up in the large Rolleston Estate surrounded by privilege (before World War I there were 30 gardeners employed at Rolleston). The Great Western Railway Hall Class locomotive 5973 "Rolleston Hall" was named after the house.
Architect: Thomas Gardner
Date: Circa 1785John 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. I, p. 60, 1852.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 2008
Reference: pg. 409
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125085
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Children of the Sun: A Narrative of "Decadence" in England After 1918
Author: Green, Martin
Year Published: 1976
Reference: pg. 49
Publisher: New York: Basic Books, Inc.
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom, 1914
Author: NA
Year Published: 1914
Reference: pg. 867
Publisher: London: Spottiswoode & Co.
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Hardback
Title: England's Lost Houses From the Archives of Country Life
Author: Worsley, Giles
Year Published: 2002
Reference: pg. 189
Publisher: London: Aurum Press
ISBN: 1854108204
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Demolished
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT FIRST HOUSE: Rolleston family, 13th century. SEATED AT SECOND HOUSE: Sir Edward Mosley, 1622-38; Sir Edward Mosley, 1st Bt. (first creation), 1638-57; Sir Edward Mosley, 2nd Bt., 1657-65; Sir Oswald Mosley, 1st Bt. (second creation), until 1751; Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Bt., 1751-57; Sir John Mosley, 3rd Bt., 1757-79; Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Bt. (third creation), 1779-98; Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Bt., 1798-1871; Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Bt., 1871-90; Sir Oswald Mosley, 4th Bt., 1890-1915; Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Bt., 1915-23.
Current Ownership Type: Demolished
Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No