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Grade I Listed large country-house. The first known historical reference to Hutton-in-the-Forest is 1292 when King Edward I visited Thomas de Hoton, Crown Forester of Inglewood Forest. The oldest part of the house is the Pele Tower, built in the time of the de Hoton family in about 1350, originally with a moat. The de Hotons sold to Richard Fletcher (1569 – 1637), a successful merchant in 1605. The Gallery designed by Alexander Pogmire was added on in the time of Sir Henry Fletcher 1st Baronet (c.1600 - 1645) in the 1630s. The light coloured east front was built in the time of Sir George Fletcher 2nd Baronet (1633 – 1700) in 1685. After Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet (1661 – 1712) death and a dispute over his will, the house eventually passed to his nephew Henry Vane. In the 1820s Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 3rd Baronet (1797 – 1842) commissioned architect Anthony Salvin with George Webster of Kendal to undertake a major programme of restoration and change. He produced designs for the South East Tower which transformed Hutton into what we see today.