Dropmore House
New Swimming Pool House
Dropmore House was designed by Samuel Wyatt in the 1790s for Lord Grenville who, as Prime Minister, pushed through the law abolishing the slave trade. Charles Tatham was architect for changes in the 19th century.
Following somewhat unsympathetic use during WWII, it was restored by Viscount Kemsley, the proprietor of The Sunday Times. After his death in 1968, it was sold first to the United States International University and then to the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Muhammed Mahdi al-Tajir.
Despite the addition of an indoor pool, the house was rarely used. In 1990 it was badly fire-damaged. Another fire in 1997 left the house uninhabitable and it so it remained until its renovation and conversion to luxuary appartments (2006-2008). The restoration included the house, Edwardian stables and a number of garden buildings including a Chinese tea house and aviary. Dropmore was then purchased in 2012 by Richard and Ian Livingstone.
The exterior of the house and the grounds featured extensively in the Doctor Who serial Day of the Daleks.
Grade 1
Main Contractor
To design, supply and install new natural stone cladding in the new swimming pool house.
Working closely with the project architects, the stone was chosen and aesthetics agreed.
The stone was traditionally hand set to a concrete and steel structure and flush pointed with lime and stone dust and colour-matched mastic work.
The stone was traditionally hand set to a concrete and steel structure and flush pointed with lime and stone dust and colour-matched mastic work.
Materials:
Natural Stone
Work:
New Build
Sector:
Residential