Burley-on-the-Hill House
The mansion in the village overlooks Rutland Water.
The house in the manner associated with Sir Christopher Wren, was built in the 1690s by the 2nd Earl of Nottingham, who was to a large extent his own architect and involved himself in the minutiae of construction, but employed Henry Dormer (died 1727) to supervise its building. Nottingham replaced Dormer with John Lumley in 1697. Before embarking on the project, Lord Nottingham consulted Sir Christopher Wren and had measurements taken at Berkeley House and Montagu House in London, The house, in an H-plan, has a pedimented central block and lightly projecting end pavilions. With its symmetrical wings and outbuildings forming a cour d'honneur, and segmental walling linking matching blocks in a larger outer grassed court, it forms one of the most ambitious aristocratic ensembles of the late seventeenth century.
A dining room was designed for the 8th Earl of Winchilsea, and installed in 1778.
In 1908, a fire broke out during a party attended by Winston Churchill, destroying the west part of the house.
The mansion was converted into 6 dwellings by Kit Martin in 1993–98, with a further 22 dwellings on the estate. Previously the estate had been purchased by Asil Nadir in 1991.
