The House

Merrieweathers House is an historic house with the earliest mention dating back to 1295. The house has seen some changes throughout its history having been both a working farm and a working mill. In the 1600’s, owned at this time by the Weston family, Merrieweathers consisted of a house, barn and water mill and approx. 45 acres. The details of the estate have remained virtually unchanged for hundreds of years and can be clearly seen on a map dating from 1757 which had been drawn up to help settle a boundary dispute.

After the turn of the twentieth century Merrieweathers House was converted and enlarged by the famous artist and sculptor Sir Thomas Brock. Thomas Brock is most famous for his work the ‘Queen Victoria Memorial’ which is situated near Buckingham Palace, and this earned him an immediate knighthood after its unveiling in 1911. Changes and features seen from this Arts and Crafts period include wood framed leaded light windows, stained glass windows (including some with his initials), the winding stairs with minstrels gallery, oak panelling in the Dining Room and the decorative double height bay front.

Since 1998 the current owners Theresa and John-George Duthie-Jackson, have lovingly and sympathetically restored the house and gardens. Projects over the last twenty years have included adding central heating throughout the house, re-wiring and re-roofing, creating a walled rose garden and reinstating the previously silted up lakes.