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Somerleyton Hall 
SUMMER-LAY-tun
Somerleyton, Suffolk, England
Started 1844
Completed 1851
Status: Partially Extant
Details: Winter garden demolished
SUMMER-LAY-tun
Somerleyton, Suffolk, England
Started 1844
Completed 1851
Status: Partially Extant
Details: Winter garden demolished
Special Info / Location/ Date
Special Info
Phonetic Pronunciation of House Name
SUMMER-LAY-tun
Location
Country
England
District Today
Suffolk
Historic County
City / Town / Village
Somerleyton
Latitude
52.51498
Longitude
1.65825
Date
Start Date
1844
Completion Date
1851
Circa Date
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Architects
| Designed | Gardens |
| Date | |
| Designed | Glasshouses |
| Date | |
| Designed | Enlarged earlier house |
| Date | 1844-51 |
Extant / Listed / References
Extant
Extant Type
Partially Extant
Extant Details
Winter garden demolished
Listed
House Listed As
Unknown
Gardens Listed As
Unknown
On SAVE Britain's Heritage's List of Buildings at Risk
No
Country House: Yes
References
Vitruvius Britannicus
Vitruvius Scoticus
J.B. Burke (Burke's Visitation of Seats)
Vol. I, p. 38, 1852.
Country Life
J.P. Neale (Neale's Views of Seats)
Vol. IV, 1821.
Access / Ownership / Seat
Access
Open to Public Please note: Houses listed as being open "By Appointment" are usually country house hotels or B&Bs.
Yes
Historic Houses Association Member
Yes
Phone Number If calling from the U.S., delete the first "0" in British numbers.
01502-730-224
Fax Number
01502-732-143
Email
Website
Awards
Current Ownership
Current Ownership Type
Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use
Private Home
Current Ownership Use / Details
.
Seat ("Seat" is loosely defined
as any family that occupied the house for a period of 2 years or more)
Today Seat of
Lord Somerleyton, Crossley family.
A Past Seat(s) of
Sir Samuel Morton Peto
Possible (Unsure) Seat of
History / Gardens & Park / Movies
History
Earlier House(s) / Building(s)
Earlier 17th century house was enlarged 1844-51 by John Thomas.
House Replaced By
Built / Designed For
Sir Samuel Morton Peto
House & Family History
The noted architect and landscape designer Harold Peto was the son of Sir Samuel Morton Peto of Somerleyton.
Collections
This field lists art objects that are currently or were previously in the collection of the house.
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For information on the history of British currency, click here. To use a chart that allows you to compare the purchasing power of money In Great Britain from 1264 to any other year, including the present, click here. To use a currency conversion to see the current value of the British pound, click here.
Somerleyton contains a collection of paintings, including works by Landseer, Wright of Derby and Stanfield. The House also has a collection of wood carvings by Wilcox of Warwick and Grinling Gibbons.
Comments
Gardens & Park
Garden, Park, Follies and Outbuildings
William Andrews Nesfield designed the gardens. Sir Joseph Paxton designed the glasshouses. The yew hedge maze dates from 1846.
Chapel & Church
Movies
Location for Movies / TV
"Lovejoy" (1980s - TV series). "Tales of the Unexpected" (1979 - TV series). "The Lost Prince" (2003 - TV movie, as the Schoolroom at York Cottage, interiors and exteriors of Sandringham, and interiors of Barton Manor).
Bibliography
| Author | Kenworthy-Browne, John; Reid, Peter; Sayer, Michael; Watkin, David |
| Year Published | 1981 |
| Reference |
| Author | NA |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Reference |
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