Newbuildings Place

Newbuildings Place was built by Philip Caryll in the 17th century, around 1683. Caryll's family owned the estate for over 100 years. The house was built with numerous priest holes, as the Caryll family were Roman Catholic. In the 1820s and 1830s, paupers were housed at Newbuildings Place. In 1833, some of the paupers damaged the house by using its wood panelling for firewood. The building is a former home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, an author, poet and Arabian horse breeder. Whilst living there, he bought tapestries and furniture from William Morris, which still survive in the house. After his death, Blunt's daughter, Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth, owned the house. It was later…