...Originally Moggerhanger had been a small Georgian house. It was acquired by Godfrey Thornton, a Bank of England director, who commissioned the Bank’s architect John Soane to remodel it between 1790 and 1793. More substantial work would follow when Thornton's son Stephen inherited the house. Soane continued from 1806 until the scheme was completed in 1812 while the Bank of England reconstruction was under way. Soane remodelled Moggerhanger entirely, enlarging it to the west, relocating the entrance to the north and reproofing the house completely. He incorporated his previous work from 1793 maintaining symmetries and Classical axes. Soane experimented with decoration using it as a prototype for the future work. As most of this is now lost the recent restoration of Moggerhanger House put it forward as Soane’s design of tremendous significance. Read full entry

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