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From an edition of ''Navy and Army Illustrated' for July 30th 1898

From an edition of 'Army and Navy Illustrated' November 12th 1898

From an edition of 'Army and Navy Illustrated' November 12th 1898

House demolished, grounds now a London Borough of Sutton public park. The park was substantially laid out for the Built around 1750 for Thomas Gosling. The house, which was partly rebuilt by Robert Taylor (architect) for John Burgoyne in 1775 and Robert Adam for the 12th Earl of Derby in 1790, was demolished between 1956 and 1960 but the bakehouse, stable and some outbuildings remain.

Now known as Greathed Manor

The Original Mansion was built by Thomas Sewell following his acquisition of the land in 1761. Edmund Boehm purchased the Mansion in 1796 and enlarged the property with the addition of a Doric Portico, a Conservatory and an Orangery. The property remained largely unchanged until it's purchase by Sir Edward Colebrooke who, in 1868, made considerable modifications to both wings of the building. In 1910 the estate was sold to Friedrich Gustav Eckstein. Eckstein then demolished Sewell's original building to replace it with the current Mansion. Built largely on the same foundations the new Mansion had 91 rooms and was said to have cost £250,000. Such was the splendour of the new mansion that it became known as "The Wonder House of Surrey"

TQ 06 NW EGHAM STROUDE ROAD 4/77D Luddington House - - II Mansion. Front 1720, C17 rear. Painted stucco front, brick rear, parapet roof. Three storeys. Entrance court plan formed by two symmetrical wings of two storeys, linked to ends of house with quadrant walls. North (garden) elevation; shallow central projection. Ground floor, centre door with pediment, each side two 2-pane sash windows. First floor 12-pane sash windows, three in centre, one at end and one French window. Second floor five 6-pane sash windows. Parapet partly rebuilt. West extension: Palladian window on first floor. Two sash windows on second floor. Front elevation: Ground floor - Central flush panelled door with leaded semicircular fanlight. Pedimented porch of two Ionic columns (delicately carved capitals on later stained wood columns). On each side two semicircular headed recesses containing semicircular headed small pane sash windows. First floor - central semicircular headed 12-pane sash windows with side lights. Each side two 12 pane sash windows. Band course below parapet. Entrance wings each have four 12 pane sash windows with four 6-pane sash windows above. Brick eaves dentil course. Low pitched hipped slate roof. Lead hips and flat top. End elevations: Triple arched recesses. Centre door, 6-pane sash window above. Blind recesses above other windows.