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England

Rolleston Hall

  • 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 1785
    Designed: Alterations for Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt.

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  • 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. 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

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