Journal Article

Finding Wroth's Loughton Hall

West, Susie

2016

Overview

[...]as the home of a major literary figure whose work draws heavily on her life, we might expect that the home environment she created was both shaped by and informed her evocation of place and space in her work. [...]Wroth had a role in remodeling the old house, and there is a tantalizing but unproven association with Inigo Jones, known to Wroth from the Court. Wroth wrote to Queen Anne in support of her husband's application to the King.9 The details that Wroth revealed are significant, promising that Robert \"will build, and make the house fit for both your Majesties to rest in, and will also make his chief dwelling there ... it will be much for my good, Mr. Wroth having promised to add it to my jointure, all the rest of his lands being entailed. The mannor or mansion house contains a Hall, a Buttry, Kitchen, Larder, Bakehouse, Pastry, Mylkhowse, Wash-howse, and eight other Lodgings, with faire Lodginge and great Roomes over the said Roomes new built and redified at the chardgs [sic] of Sir Robert Wroth ... with two barnes ... two duble stables ... sundry other out offices and Lodgings; with an orchard and a garden now in plantinge, all consisting of Six acres.14 The survey noted that the property included repairs and recent new building, probably a new wing to provide modern standards of bedrooms (lodgings) on the ground floor and reception rooms on the upper floor.

• Publisher: Sidney Journal
• Subject: Jones, Inigo