Champion Lodge was a large house at

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History

Philip Champion de Crespigny (1704–1765),

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of the

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, began leasing the house around 1741 and purchased it in 1755, renaming it Champion Lodge. The

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(later to become George IV) visited the lodge in 1804 and Claude Champion de Crespigny (1734–1818), eldest son of Philip, the then owner of the house, was made a

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in 1805.

Demolition

The lodge, which was originally surrounded by a 30-acre park, was demolished in 1841 while Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny was the 3rd Baronet. It was roughly at the junction of where Love Walk meets Denmark Hill today.

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History

Demolition

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