2-637-044 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Milton Court', 1912, (1914). Milton Court, Dorking, Surrey, is a 16th century country estate. Originally a priory, the estate was granted to George Evelyn, father of the diarist John Evelyn (1620-1706). In the 19th century, it was bought by Lachlan Mackintosh Rate, a wealthy lawyer, banker and philanthropist, who employed William Burges (1827-1881) to substantially remodel the building, in an ornate Jacobean style. Burges adding a further twenty rooms. Milton court is a Grade II* Listed Building. From A Pilgrimage In Surrey, Vol. 2, by James S. Ogilvy. [George Routledge & Sons Limited, London, 1914]