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Updown Court
Updown Court is a Californian style residence situated in the village of Windlesham in Surrey, England. The 103-room mansion has of landscaped gardens and private woodland.Conradi, Peter and Davies, Helen (2007)The most expensive house in Britain?The Sunday Times, 15 July 2007, ''Accessed 11 April 2010''. It was, in 2005, the most expensive private home on the market anywhere in the world, having been listed for sale with estate agencies Savills and Hamptons International for in excess of £70 million (US$138 million).Updown Court (2006)UK's most expensive country house goes on sale with a price tag of in excess of £70 million [Press Release]. ''Accessed 29 June 2013''. First house The original Updown Court was built in 1924Irish Examiner (2011). Home from home: Taxpayers to Net €79m Pad. Irish Examiner, 11 July 2011. in the Queen Anne style architecture, Queen Anne style. It featured eight bedrooms, four sitting rooms, four bathrooms, a single swimming pool, and sat in 12 acre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windlesham
Windlesham is a village in the Surrey Heath borough of Surrey, England, approximately south west of central London. Its name derives from the Windle Brook, which runs south of the village into Chobham, and the common suffix 'ham', the Old English word for 'homestead'. The civil parish of Windlesham has a population of 17,000 and includes the neighbouring villages of Bagshot and Lightwater. Windlesham Arboretum, which covers an area of approximately , is on the south side of the M3 motorway. Access to the motorway is via junction 3 and the nearest railway station is at Bagshot. History The neighbourhood has yielded bronze implements, now in the Archaeological Society's Museum, Guildford, and a certain number of neolithic flints. Windlesham was once a small community within Windsor Great Park, built as a remote farming settlement around undulating heath, similar to Sunninghill. At Ribs Down in the north in private Updown Court and adjoining gardens land reaches 99 metres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
