Most of the Stratton Park house was demolished in 1963 by owner John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton, whose involvement in the demolition of the Baring family's architecturally important banking headquarters in London had earned him the nickname "Basher Baring".
In 1963, most of Stratton Park house was demolished by owner John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton. This action mirrored his previous destruction of the Baring family's architecturally important banking headquarters in London, which led to him being called "Basher Baring".