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Nonsuch House, a 10-bedroom Grade II listed 18th Century house in Wiltshire has been lost to fire.<\/h3>\nNonsuch House, a 10-bedroom Grade II listed 18th Century house in Wiltshire has been lost to fire.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
The Daily Mail<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n A stunning 300-year-old country manor house has been destroyed in a huge blaze – despite firefighters battling through the night to save it.<\/p>\n Nonsuch House, a 10-bedroom 18th Century house in Westbrook, Wilts., went up in flames\u2026.<\/p>\n \u2026 The \u00a34million manor, which was given Grade II listed status in 1962, was engulfed in the fire for several hours before it was brought under control\u2026<\/p>\n According to Historic England, which keeps entries of listed properties, Nonsuch House was built in the early 18th Century.<\/p>\n The original building is said to have been built on the site in 1646 for the English diplomat Lord John Digby, supposedly as a hunting lodge.<\/p>\n The estate passed to William Norris (1656-1730), a diplomat who served as an ambassador to the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.<\/p>\n Norris rebuilt the house after 1705. It belonged to the Norris family until 1835, the Meredith-Brown family 1849-1920.<\/p>\n The alterations were carried out for the Bankier family, owners 1923-30…<\/p>\n