The house from a 1929 photograph
Built / Designed For: Robert H. Harrison
House & Family History: Shiplake is a house of diapered red brick in the Tudor style that built for Richard H. Harrison of the London stockbrokers Hichens, Harrison & Company. In 1936 Shiplake Court, together with 40 acres, was listed for sale.
Country Life: XX, 594, 1906.
Title: Victorian Country House, The
Author: Girouard, Mark
Year Published: 1990
Reference: pg. 420
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300034725
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Grade II
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: Robert H. Harrison, late 19th century. Edward Alfred Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave, until 1936.
Current Ownership Type: School
Primary Current Ownership Use: School
Ownership Details: Today Shiplake College, a day and boarding school for boys.
House Open to Public: No
Phone: 01189-402-455
Fax: 01189-405-204
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.shiplake.org.uk
Historic Houses Member: No