Sign in

Private company

R. Durtnell & Sons

English building company established 1591

Durtnell Limited is an English property company that has been continuously operated by the same family in Brasted, in the English county of Kent. The earliest recorded property the family built, Poundsbridge Manor (also called The Picture House), was completed in 1593, and it was the same family that restored the house following bomb damage in the Second World War.2 It ceased to exist in 2019.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1591Founded1
  • HeadquartersBrasted1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

The Picture House (geograph 4412527)
Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Durtnell Limited is an English property company that has been continuously operated by the same family in Brasted, in the English county of Kent. The earliest recorded property the family built, Poundsbridge Manor (also called The Picture House), was completed in 1593, and it was the same family that restored the house following bomb damage in the Second World War.2

Timeline

  1. 2019Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1591Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3