The House from a circa 1920 postcard
Built / Designed For: Edmund Knipe (Sparkes)
House & Family History: Tacolneston is a red brick Queen Anne house with an impressive 11-bay facade with projecting wings.
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
Reference: pg. 194
Publisher: London: Burke's Peerage
ISBN: 0850110351
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II*
Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: Gurney family; here since 1954.
Past Seat / Home of: Edmund Knipe (Sparkes), early 18th century; Lt. Colonel Knipe Gobbett, until 1791. Sir Maurice Colborne Boileau, 3rd Bt., 1900-18; Boileau family here from circa 1830 until 1918. William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford, early 20th century. C.W. Walter, mid-20th century. Lt. Colonel Jocelyn Eustace Gurney, 1954-73.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No