Editing Leatherhead (section)

===Thorncroft Manor house===
The current Thorncroft Manor house was designed {{circa|1763}} by the architect, [[Robert Taylor (architect)|Robert Taylor]], for the politician and businessman, [[Henry Crabb-Boulton]]. It is built in a [[Palladian architecture#Neo-Palladianism|Neo-Palladian]] style, influenced by the [[Renaissance architecture|early Rennaissence]], with light [[Rococo]] ornamentation. The building was enlarged with the addition of a rear wing in 1789, possibly designed by George Gwilt. The engineering firm, Howard Humphreys & Sons, purchased the house in 1971 and subsequently constructed additional office space, glazed with reflective glass.<ref name=Garnier_2008/><ref>{{cite journal |last1= Blair |first1= WJ |year= 1976 |title= Pen sketches of old houses in this district |url= https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/VOL_1_NO_6_1952.pdf|journal= Proceedings of the Leatherhead & District Local History Society |volume= 1 |issue= 6 |pages= 19–23 |access-date= 2 November 2021 }}</ref>