Milton Court
| Milton Court | |
|---|---|
Country house | |
| Location | Dorking, Surrey |
| Coordinates | 51°13′54″N 0°21′08″W / 51.2317°N 0.3522°W |
| Built | 1611 to 20th century |
| Architect | William Burges (expansion) |
| Architectural style(s) | vernacular |
| Owner | Unum Group |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Designated | 11 June 1973 |
| Reference no. | 1230137 |
  Location of Milton Court in Surrey | |
Milton Court, at the far west of the town of
Victorian architect William Burges and is a Grade II* listed building. The listing includes the attached forecourt walls, balustrading, terrace, piers, urns and stone-carved ball finial.[1]
Originally a
Jacobean style, Burges added twenty rooms, with elaborate fireplaces and ceilings. Perhaps the most successful is the famed Flower room, formerly Mrs Rate's boudoir. Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "a picturesque seven-bay house with shaped gables".[3]
The house is now the UK headquarters of the health insurance company Unum, which has worked to restore the house and its interior decoration.[4]
Notes
- ^ Historic England. "Milton Court, including attached forecourt walls, balustrading, terrace, piers, urns and ball finial (Grade II*) (1230137)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Lyall 1993, p. 4.
- ^ Pevsner & Nairn 1962, p. 368.
- ^ Lyall 1993, Introduction.
References
- Lyall, Sutherland (1993). Milton Court - Heritage Regained. Dorking, Surrey: Unum Limited.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Nairn, Ian (1962). Surrey. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books.
Further reading
- Cattermole, Paul, A History of Milton Court & Part of the Manor of Milton (2011) Unum Limited
- Mordaunt-Crook, J William Burges and the High Victorian Dream (1981) John Murray
External links
- The Victorian Web, William Burges: An Overview (2007)
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