Compton Park House

Compton Park House (or Compton House) is a Grade I listed[1] manor house in Compton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire, England.

Compton Park House
LocationCompton Chamberlayne, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates51.0704°N 1.9597°W / 51.0704; -1.9597
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameCompton Park House
Designated23 March 1960
Reference no.1146151
Compton Park House is located in Wiltshire
Compton Park House
Location of Compton Park House in Wiltshire

History

Compton Park House was the seat of the Penruddocke (or Penruddock) family from the mid-16th century until 1930.[2] They were a notable Royalist family, with Colonel John Penruddock, an owner of the house, being the namesake for the failed 1655 Penruddock uprising against Oliver Cromwell. For this he was tried and executed at Exeter on 16 May 1655.[3] Many other members of the family were local Members of Parliament or High sheriffs of Wiltshire.[4]

Architecture

The present house may occupy the site of a medieval manor house; Pevsner saw fragments of medieval work.[5] It was refitted internally by Sir Edward Penruddocke in the late 17th century and rebuilt externally in 1780 by Charles Penruddocke. The drawing room from about 1700 has panelling and rich decoration in Grinling Gibbons style, with a plaster ceiling from the same period. In the dining room, part of the 1780 additions, is a plaster ceiling in Adam style.

The stable block dates from the late 18th century.[6] The house has been a Grade I listed building since 1960.[7]

Compton Park
The folly

The house is set in parkland, once a medieval deer park, overlooking a lake formed by damming a stream running north into the River Nadder.[8] It was landscaped in the 18th century by Capability Brown.[2] The Park contains a folly in the form of a summer house at 51.07114°N 1.95523°W / 51.07114; -1.95523.

Notable Occupants
  • Sir George Penruddock (died 1581), High Sheriff of Wiltshire; MP for Salisbury, Wiltshire and Downton
  • John Penruddock (died 1601), MP for Wilton and Southampton
  • Edward Penruddock, High Sheriff in 1597
  • Sir John Penruddocke (died 1648), High Sheriff in 1643
  • Colonel John Penruddock (1619–1655), a royalist who took part in the failed 1655 Penruddock uprising against Oliver Cromwell, was tried and executed at Exeter on 16 May 1655.
  • Thomas Penruddocke (born c. 1648, died before 1695), MP for Wilton
  • Charles Penruddocke (died 1788), High Sheriff in 1751
  • Charles Penruddocke (1743–1788), High Sheriff, MP for Wiltshire
  • John Penruddocke (1770–1841), High Sheriff, MP for Wilton
  • Charles Penruddocke (died 1899), High Sheriff in 1861

References
  1. Historic England. "Compton Park House (1146151)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. "Compton House, Compton Chamberlayne: photograph". Victoria County History. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. "Death Warrant of Colonel John Penruddock" (PDF). Wiltshire OPC Project. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  4. Burke, Bernard (1879). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Burke's Landed Gentry. Harrison. pp. 1258–1259.
  5. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1975) [1963]. Wiltshire. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 189–190. ISBN 0-14-0710-26-4.
  6. Historic England. "Stable to west of Compton Park House (1198787)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  7. Historic England. "Compton Park House (1146151)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  8. Craven, Alex. "Wiltshire: Work in progress: Compton Chamberlayne: Introduction" (PDF). Victoria County History. University of London. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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