Earlier Houses: There was a Benedictine priory, founded circa 1090, on the site of the current house.
House & Family History: The dovecote is from the 16th century, a surviving remnant from the priory. Sir Edwin Lutyens made alterations in 1897, including west court and the bachelors' wing. The name of the House comes from the college of priests that lived on the property in 1415 when, it was part of the Benedictine priory.
Garden & Outbuildings: Lutyens laid out the garden in 1897.
Architect: Edwin Landseer Lutyens
Date: 1897
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: Sir John Cheke, 16th century. Triggs family, 16th century. Sir Gervase Elwes, 18th century; Elwes family here until the 20th century. Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch, 19th century.
Current Ownership Type: School
Primary Current Ownership Use: School
Ownership Details: Today Stoke College
House Open to Public: No
Phone: 01787-278-141
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.stokecollege.co.uk
Historic Houses Member: No