Built / Designed For: Sir Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
House & Family History: John Seely (2nd Baron Mottistone) assisted Paul Paget in the design of Templewood for Sir Samuel Hoare in 1938. Paget incorporated many architectural fragments from Nuthall Temple (demolished 1929) into the new house, including the stone steps and 18th century stone sphinxes on the West Façade and roof-level wrought iron balustrade by Bakewell of Derby. The four Ionic columns of the West Facade were salvaged from Sir Herbert Baker's rebuilding of the Bank of England (they were probably designed by Robert Taylor or Sir John Soane). Four additional Bank of England columns were added on South Facade. The Saloon, with its clerestory windows, was painted in the Classical Renaissance style by Brian Thomas.
Country Life: LXXXV, 116 plan, 1939.
Title: England's Lost Houses From the Archives of Country Life
Author: Worsley, Giles
Year Published: 2002
Reference: pg. 68
Publisher: London: Aurum Press
ISBN: 1854108204
Book Type: Hardback
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. 195
Publisher: London: Burke's Peerage
ISBN: 0850110351
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: Sir Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, mid-20th century. Paul Paget, late 20th century.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No