The House from a circa 1906 postcard
House & Family History: It's likely that Weddington Castle began life as a 13th century royal hunting lodge. The earliest forfeited house was probably built by Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset, in the 15th century. The Elizabethan house was castellated in 1807-08 to the designs of Robert Lugar for Lionel Place (died 1845), who had recently purchased the Estate. By 1916 Weddington passed out of private ownership and became a rehabilitation hospital for soldiers sent home from the trenches of the Great War. In 1928 the House was demolished to make way for a housing development.
Collections: A portrait by Arthur Devis of Francis Vincent, his wife, Mercy, and daughter, Ann, painted in 1763, is today in the collection of Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston.
Garden & Outbuildings: The House was set in beautiful parkland and gardens that covered 350 acres that dropped down to the River Anker.
Title: Art Treasures of England: The Regional Collections
Author: Waterfield, Giles; et al.
Year Published: 1998
Reference: pg. 115
Publisher: London: Royal Academy of Arts
ISBN: 0900946598
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Demolished
Park Listed: Destroyed
Past Seat / Home of: Walter de Astley, 13th century. Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, 15th century; Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset, 15th century. Humphrey Adderley III, 17th century. Francis Vincent, 18th century. Lionel Place, early 19th century.
Current Ownership Type: Demolished
Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished