Editing Addiscombe (section)

===Addiscombe Place===
In 1703, Addiscombe Place was built for William Draper to [[John Vanbrugh|Sir John Vanbrugh's]] design.<ref name="Willey"/> The house was built on a site which is now the corner of Outram Road and Mulberry Lane and became known as one of three great houses in Addiscombe, the others being 'Ashburton House' and 'Stroud Green House'. It replaced the [[Elizabethan architecture|Elizabethan]] mansion built by Thomas Heron in 1516. [[John Tunstall (usher)|John Tunstall]], a courtier of [[Anne of Denmark]], bought Heron's house and had a noted flower garden.<ref>George Steinman, ''A history of Croydon'' (London, 1833), p. 49.</ref>

John Evelyn recorded in his ''[[John Evelyn's Diary|Diary]]'', "I went to Adscomb on 11 July 1703 to see my son-in-law’s new house. It has excellent brickwork and [[Portland stone]] features, that I pronounced it good solid architecture, and one of the very best gentlemen's houses in Surrey."<ref name="Handbook to the Environs of London">Thorne, James. Handbook to the Environs of London: Alphabetically Arranged, Containing an Account of Every Town and Village, and of All Places of Interest, Within a Circle of Twenty Miles Round London. United Kingdom, J. Murray, 1876.</ref> Distinguished guests who stayed at the mansion include [[George III]], [[William Pitt the Elder]] and [[Peter the Great]] of [[Russia]].<ref>Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note; by Colonel H. M. Vibart... With an introduction by Lord Roberts of Kandahar.. (1894)</ref> Peter the Great was reputed to have planted a cedar tree in Mulberry Lane to record his visit. 

During the 18th century Addiscombe Place was successively the home to [[Charles Talbot, first Baron Talbot|The Lord Talbot]], [[Thomas Robinson, second Baron Grantham|The Lord Grantham]] and lastly [[Charles Jenkinson, first Earl of Liverpool|The Earl of Liverpool]], who died there in 1808.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHILL_63|title=Exploring Surrey's Past|work=exploringsurreyspast.org.uk}}</ref>