| Ven House | |
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| Location | Milborne Port, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 50°57′49″N 2°27′18″W / 50.96361°N 2.45500°W |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Designated | 24 March 1961[1] |
| Reference no. | 1056286 |
  Location of Ven House in Somerset | |
Ven House in Milborne Port, Somerset, England is an English manor house[note 1] that has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[1]
Construction of the smaller William and Mary style[2] house, was completed in 1698–1700; the house was enlarged around 1725–30[note 2] for James Medlycott[note 3] by Nathaniel Ireson, who retained the west front of the earlier house. It stands on an artificially raised terrace, and is surrounded by grounds that were laid out at the time by Richard Grange.[3] It was altered and extended by Thomas Cubitt and Decimus Burton in 1835–36.[1]
The house passed through the Medlycot family through the 18th and 19th centuries, until they sold much of the estate between 1918 and 1925. The house itself was let to a succession of tenants until Sir Hubert Mervyn Medlycot sold it in 1957.[3] The house has changed hands four times since 1993, and, in 2006, had a guide price of £8.5m.[2] In 2013 the house was sold to Charles Lamb Allen, Baron Allen of Kensington.
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Ven House (1056286)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ a b Churchill, Penny (16 June 2006). "For sale: Ven House, Dorset". Country Life. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ a b "Ven House Gardens, Milborne Port". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
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