Earlier Houses: The current house incorporates an earlier (circa 1660) three-bay manor house.

House & Family History: The Grittleton Estate was purchased in 1828 by Joseph Neeld, a London lawyer who had inherited a fortune of almost £1 million from his great uncle, Philip Rundell of Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, the royal silversmiths. Neeld virtually rebuilt the House, hugely enlarging it with a strange mixture of Romanesque and Jacobean styles. In the 19th century Grittleton was noted for its over-the-top interiors, which were designed to display Neeld's huge collection of contemporary 19th century sculpture. The House was the home of Grittleton House School between 1951 and 2016. The House was illustrated in "The Builder" in 1853.

Comments: Nikolaus Pevsner on Grittleton: "It is really a monstrosity. It has Jacobean gables and a Jacobean central tower, but windows of a long, thin, Veneto-Byzantine variety, and odd oriels in unexpected places."

Country Life: CXL, 708, 1966.

House Listed: Grade II*

Park Listed: Not Listed

Past Seat / Home of: Joseph Neeld, 19th century.

Current Ownership Type: Unknown

Primary Current Ownership Use: Wedding & Event Venue

House Open to Public: By Appointment

Phone: 01249-782-434

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.grittletonhouse.co.uk

Historic Houses Member: No