Built in as the home of George Spencer. Spencer owned Vedonis, a hosiery firm with a factory on Leicester Road, Lutterworth.
Vedonis was a major employer in Lutterworth. George Spencer was active in local government, and he was a magistrate. He was also an important benefactor to Lutterworth. He gave the recreation ground, the cricket pitch and pavilion, a nurse's house in Gladstone Street, large donations to the Feilding Palmer cottage hospital and a new water supply for the town. When George Spencer died in his ashes were scattered in the garden at Auburn Place.
In the s the house became part of Lutterworth Grammar School now Lutterworth College , where it served as the Sixth Form centre for many years. It is now occupied by the Little Rainbows nursery. This large arts and crafts style house was designed by William Brandreth Savidge.
Described as 'a dazzling exercise in 20 th century new-tudor, it was built by local builder, Peter Rourke, who was responsible for building many of the elegant houses on Bitteswell Road. Craftsmanship used inside the building includes stained glass from the William Morris company. Savidge, who was based in Nottingham, was also the architect of the Vedonis factory and offices in Nottingham. Skip to main content. Do you know any additional historical information that could be added to any of the 9 heritage assets?
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