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For other uses, see Milton Court (disambiguation).
Milton Court, near Dorking, is a 16th century country house in Surrey, which was substantially rebuilt by the Victorian architect William Burges. The court is a Grade II* Listed Building, the listing also covering the attached forecourt walls, balustrading, terrace, piers, urns and ball finial.[1]
View of the front of Milton Court
Originally a priory, the estate was granted to George Evelyn, father of the diarist John Evelyn, at the Protestant Reformation. In the nineteenth century, it was bought by Lachlan Mackintosh Rate, a wealthy lawyer, banker and philanthropist. He employed William Burges to undertake substantial rebuilding. Working in an ornate Jacobean style, Burgess added some twenty rooms, with elaborate fireplaces and ceilings. Perhaps the most successful is the famed Flower room, formerly Mrs Rate's boudoir. Nicholas Pevsner describes it as "a picturesque seven-bay house with shaped gables."[2]
The house is now the headquarters of a health insurance company that has done much to conserve and restore Burges's fabric.
Notes
- ^ http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-404964-milton-court-including-attached-forecour
- ^ The Buildings of England: Surrey, page 368
References
- Pevsner, Nicholas and Nairn Ian, The Buildings of England: Surrey (1962) Penguin Books
- Mordaunt-Crook, J William Burges and the High Victorian Dream (1981) John Murray
- The Victorian Web, William Burges: An Overview (2007)
Coordinates: 51°13′54″N 0°21′08″W / 51.23171°N 0.35224°W
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