DiCamillo Companion
England

Stafford House (Frome House)

  • House & Family History: Stafford is a house built of a pale gray limestone, with ashlar and rubble, with two facades: the east of 1633 and the west, by Benjamin Ferrey, of 1848-50. There is also a two-story gabled porch. During World War II Czech and Polish pilots from nearby RAF Warmwell were billeted here. The house is currently owned by the celebrated author, director, actor, and Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes.

  • Architect: Benjamin Ferrey

    Date: 1848-50
    Designed: West Façade

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  • Title: Buildings of England: Dorset, The
    Author: Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus
    Year Published: 1999
    Publisher: London: Penguin Books
    ISBN: 0140710442
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Grade I

    Park Listed: Not Listed

  • "Emma" (1996 - for some interiors).
  • Current Seat / Home of: Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford; here since 2002.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No

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