Built / Designed For: Sir Gregory Page, 2nd Bt.

House & Family History: Wricklemarsh was built for Sir Gregory Page for the enormous sum of £90,000 (approximately £11 million in 2011 values, using the retail price index) and stood in a 250-acre park. John Cator purchased the Estate in 1783 and, between 1783 and 1800, stripped and eventually demolished the House. The portico and other materials were reused by John Cator for his house, Beckenham Place, Kent; four chimneypieces were installed in the First Lord's House in Whitehall. The surrounding land later formed part of the Blackheath Park housing estate. Wricklemarsh was in the 1782 edition of "Watts's View of Seats" (pl. xlvii).

Collections: Wricklemarsh was famous for its lavish interiors and its art collection. Sir Gregory Page's collection included works by Claude, Veronese, Adriaen van der Werff, Rubens, Salvator Rosa, van Dyck, Nicolaes Berchem, and Poussin. Sir John Soane's Museum, London, has, in its collection, six Dutch East India Company wood chairs (inlaid with the coat of arms of Page and Kenward in mother of pearl) from Wricklemarsh.

Vitruvius Britannicus: C. IV, pls. 58-64, 1767.

House Listed: Demolished

Park Listed: Not Listed

Past Seat / Home of: Sir John Morden, 1st Bt., 17th century. Sir Gregory Page, 2nd Bt., 18th century.

Current Ownership Type: Demolished

Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished

House Open to Public: No

Historic Houses Member: No