animal sanctuary in perpetuity, but the restrictions she laid down were so stringent, according to The Observer, that the house was unsaleable, and as a result it was demolished in 1965. The animal sanctuary moved to Chard, Somerset, where it still operates; in 1985 the Animal Defence Trust still owned the property, including the still-standing stable block and lodges. In 1991, the Ferne Estate was sold at auction for £1,040,000. The buyer was Francis Dineley, whose father had made money from arms manufacturing. Third house Sometime after 1991 the estate – described as "run down" – was bought by the 4th Viscount Rothermere and his wife. In 2001 the third and present Ferne House (known as Ferne Park) was built to the design of the architect Quinlan Terry, in Palladian style and at a reported cost of £40m. The north front is a simplified copy of Came House, Dorset. The house won the award for Best Modern Classical House from the Georgian Group in 2003, and in 2013 two cuboid wings were added, providing a dining room and library. A summerhouse in the grounds, called the New Pavilion and also designed by Terry, won the 2008 Georgian Group award for a New Building in the Classical Tradition. See also Grove baronets Ferne Animal Sanctuary References Further reading Hawkins, Desmond, 1995, The Grove Diaries: The Rise and Fall of an English Family, 1809-1925 University of Delaware Press Hoare, Sir Richard Colt, 1829, The Modern History of South Wiltshire Volume 4, part 1: the Hundred of Dunworth, by James Everard, Baron Arundell and Sir R.C. Hoare. London: J.B. Nichols and Son, 55–56. Watkin, David, 2006, Radical Classicism: The Architecture of Quinlan Terry Rizzoli, p 206–217, . External links Image of second house on the Lost Heritage website, archived in 2008 Images of the third house – Quinlan Terry Architects Georgian architecture in Wiltshire Grade II listed buildings in Wiltshire Country houses in Wiltshire Grade II listed houses Buildings by Quinlan Terry Houses completed in 2001 New Classical architecture