Benjamin Taylor

Benjamin Taylor was born about 1630 and died in 1690. He built the present house (the Mansion) shortly before his death leaving it to his wife, Elizabeth, and after her death to his son, Thomas, who was also an attorney.

Benjamin Taylor (around 1630 to 1690) was a successful attorney. He built the house (The Mansion) shortly before his death leaving it to his wife, Elizabeth, and after her death to his son, Thomas, who was also an attorney.  Its outward appearance and interior were substantially altered by his grandson, Dr John Taylor. It remains one of the grandest house in Ashbourne. 

One of the largest and most imposing gentleman’s town house in Georgian Ashbourne. Originally built in the 1680s and improved to the latest Georgian fashions (partly by Joseph Pickford) in the second half of the 18th Century.

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