George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret
George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (1722–1785), styled Viscount Leominster or Lempster until 1753, of Easton Neston house, Northamptonshire was Earl of Pomfret in the Peerage of Great Britain.
Easton Neston House, Northamptonshire
Anna Maria Delagard / Draycott, wife of the 2nd Earl of Pomfret. Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
William Draycott (d.1753) of Chelsea and of Sunbury Court in Middlesex, portrait by Charles Jervas inscribed: "Mr Draycot G(rand) Father to Anna Maria Cts (Countess) of Pomfret". At Easton Neston until 2005
Easton Neston is a large grade I listed country house in the parish of Easton Neston near Towcester in Northamptonshire, England. It was built by William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster (1648–1711), in the Baroque style to the design of the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Easton Neston House in 1987
Easton Neston undergoing building work in 2007
A proposal for Easton Neston published in Vitruvius Britannicus in 1715; the central block was built in accordance with the proposal except that the cupola was not added to the roof and the flanking wings, gateway, and forecourt walls shown were ultimately not built.[citation needed]
The south entrance lodges to Easton Neston on the Old Towcester Road, with the estate and the tree-lined River Tove visible in the background
