Crichel House
History
Crichel House is a country house located near the village of Moor Crichel in Dorset, England. It is surrounded by 400 acres of parkland, which includes a crescent-shaped lake covering 50 acres.
The original Tudor house, owned by the Napier family, was largely destroyed in an accidental fire in 1742. John Bastard of Blandford and Francis Cartwright rebuilt Crichel for Sir William Napier after the fire, and when Humphrey Sturt inherited the estate in 1765 he extensively remodeled the house. The Bastard family collaborated to enlarge the shell of Crichel in 1771-73; the new interiors were designed by James Wyatt (1772-80), with painted decor by Biagio Rebecca, chimneypieces by John Devall, and furniture by John Linnell (1778-79) and Ince and Mayhew (1768-78).
Further construction in the nineteenth century, including an entrance designed by Thomas Hopper, 1831, alterations by William Burn, [3], brought the house to its current format.This information sourced from Wikipedia
Moor Crichel, Wimborne, Dorset
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