wentworth estate
Virginia Waters, Surrey
bespoke, contemporary luxury.
This one acre site housed an early 1970s bungalow, consisting of three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Custodian took on the principle refurbishment of the property, adding a generous extension and a further bedroom with an ensuite bathroom. The property now boasts 2800 Sqft from the original 1800 Sqft.
completed in April 2020
Originally a relatively small country estate, it was named for its eighteenth century owner, Mrs. Thomas Wentworth, widow of Col. Thomas Wentworth who fought against Charles Edward Stuart in the Jacobite rising of 1745. The main house was built in 1805 for Culling Charles Smith, who was to become the brother-in- law of the Duke of Wellington.
In the early 1850s Ramon Cabrera, the exiled Spanish Count de Morella, acquired the property and in 1854 moved into Wentworth with his English wife. After his death, the Countess de Morella bought most of the adjacent lands to form the present Wentworth Estate. Some of the current road names are reminders of these former owners.