185:"The company began to assemble at 9.30, and were received by Lady and Miss Neeld in the vestibule of the two galleries. The western gallery was appropriated to dancing, and in the large bay window at the end a full band was stationed. The eastern gallery was fitted as a drawing-room. In addition, the library, with its splendid collection of books and prints was thrown open. Refreshments were served in Sir John's own library, and card tables were placed in the ordinary drawing-room, the dining-room being reserved for supper. The whole of the rooms and corridors were amply lit with gas, throwing its brilliancy on the priceless pictures and statuary, and bringing the general decorations out in bold relief. It was a perfect fairy scene, and when, after the first look at the dancing, the company, young and old, began to circulate round the upper staircases and corridors, whether viewed from above or below, was really beyond description."
192:"The Duke and Duchess were among the earlier arrivals, and entered joyously into the spirit of the scene. Full and overflowing, the dancing room soon supplied the vestibule with dancers, and there would have been ample occupants had both the galleries been used for dancing. At a fitting hour, but which we cannot say, for time flew too merrily to be taken note of, a splendid supper was served, and weary must have become the fingers of that attentive man who from the moment he opened his first bottle of champagne, continued the operation without ceasing, and we left him still doing it at 4 o'clock. Long will the opening of the house of Grittleton in 1864 be remembered."
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Thomson also designed Fosse Lodge, in the north of the estate on the Fosse Way, with a tall, octagonal tower (1835); and
Malmesbury Lodge in Grittleton village (c. 1840), its octagonal spirelet with bell-stage noted as "remarkable" in the building's National Heritage List entry. Stable Lodge, at
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Harriet Eliza Dickson, daughter of Major General William Dickson of Beneham House, Berkshire. They lived at Grittleton House for 35 years and held numerous Balls which were reported in the newspapers. In 1864 one of these events, which was for 400 guests, was
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to store historical documents. Also during this period, foreign fighter pilots stayed at the house. In 1948 a private girls' school rented the property and in 1967 Joanna Shipp, who had been running her own private day school in
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