Woodcote Park

Woodcote Park
Woodcote Park in an engraving by John Hassell, c. 1816
Woodcote Park is located in Surrey
Woodcote Park
Location in Surrey
General information
TypeCountry house
Architectural styleJacobean, Georgian
Town or cityEpsom
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°18′55″N 0°16′33″W / 51.3152°N 0.2757°W / 51.3152; -0.2757
Construction startedLate 17th century
Renovated1936
DestroyedGutted by fire 1934, restored 1936
OwnerRoyal Automobile Club
Technical details
Structural systemTimber frame, brick, stucco
Benedict Leonard Calvert, younger son of Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, painted by Francis Brerewood at the family home of Woodcote Park, Surrey, c1726.

Woodcote Park is a Grade II* listed stately home and estate of about 350 acres (1.4 km2; 0.5 sq mi) near Epsom, Surrey, England, currently owned by the Royal Automobile Club. It was formerly the seat of a number of prominent English families, including the Calvert family, Barons Baltimore and Lords Proprietor of the colony of Maryland. The interior of the house once boasted a gilded library and number of fine murals by notable Italian artists including Antonio Verrio, but most of the historic rooms were removed by the RAC, which had purchased the estate in 1913, and what remained was destroyed by fire in 1934. The present appearance of the house dates from its restoration in 1936. However, the interior of one of the original drawing rooms still survives in the Museum of Fine Arts at Boston, Massachusetts. The estate was used by the military as a convalescent hospital in the First World War and as a training camp in both world wars.