To this place I came from Bookham Commons where I was this morning. An hour long road was through the village. It was my day off and I could walk long day. It was nice walking to see Polesden Lacey and wonderful view on country grounds.
This Regency house was extensively remodelled in 1906 by Margaret Greville, a well-known Edwardian hostess. Her collection of fine paintings, furniture, porcelain and silver is displayed in the reception rooms and galleries, as it was at the time of her celebrated house parties.
The name 'Polesden' is thought to be Old English. The first house was
built here by 1336. Anthony Rous bought the estate in 1630 and rebuilt
the medieval house. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the poet and playwright, bought the house in 1804.
The house at one time belonged to Sir Francis Geary, but his Polesden Lacey was demolished when Joseph Bonsor bought the estate and commissioned Thomas Cubitt
to build an entirely new house in 1824, creating the core of the house
seen today. Bonsor died in 1835, and the house passed to his son who, in
1853, sold the estate to Sir Walter Rockcliff Farquhar, who held it
until his death in 1902. The estate was then purchased by Sir Clinton
Edward Dawkins, a career civil servant, who commissioned Ambrose
Poynter, architect son of Sir Edward Poynter
P.R.A., in 1906 to significantly extend Cubitt's work to create the
present house. Sir Clinton, however died shortly after its completion.
The estate was then bought in 1906 by William McEwan for his daughter, the former Margaret Anderson, and her husband Captain the Honourable Ronald Greville.
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| Polesden Lacey was built in 1821-3 by Thomas Cubitt; it was remodelled in 1902-6 by Sir Ambrose Poynter, and again by Mewes & Davis (architects of the Ritz Hotel in London) for Mrs Ronald Greville, whose husband bought the house in 1906. The exterior of Polesden Lacey retains the air of a Regency villa with roughcast and yellow-washed walls. The interiors, however, are a showcase of Edwardian opulence. Mrs Greville, one of the most celebrated hostesses in the Marlborough House circle of Edward VII, oversaw their decoration which involved bringing in spectacular features from other buildings. In the central hall, Edward Pierce’s oak panelling and decorative carvings originally formed the reredos of Christopher Wren’s St Matthew’s Church in London. For the Saloon, the architect Arthur Davis (joint partner in Mewes & Davis) provided an extravagantly carved and panelled ‘salone’ of c.1700, taken in its entirety from an Italian palazzo. |
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| The gold saloon, a room fit to entertain maharajahs |
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| Garden Cottage sits next to the rose gardens of the Polesden Lacey estate. The Regency-style villa was remodelled in the early 20th century and now plays host to a spacious three-bedroom holiday home with elegant décor. You’ll have uninterrupted views over the formal gardens and beyond to the rolling Surrey Hills. |
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| I enjoyed beautiful view on the ground country |
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