| Description |
Builtby Lord Benjamin Bloomfield, ADC to George III, as a sporting lodge, the Ordnance Survey Name Books describe it as "recently erected" in 1840. Lewis writes in 1837 "Lord Bloomfield is building a handsome lodge in the Elizabethan style and has laid out an extensive nursery from which considerable plantations have been made on the surrounding mountains". At the time of Griffith's Valuation this house was valued at £58+ and was held in fee by Lord Bloomfield. The 1906 report on Untenanted Demesnes claims that the house was occupied by his daughter, the Honourable Harriott Kingscote, who, in 1833, had married Thomas Henry Kingscote of Gloucestershire. However, family sources indicate that the house was actually occupied in the early 1900s by her grandson, Col. Randolph Kingscote, who continued to live there until 1922. The house is still in use as a residence. |
