Bagshot Park

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Bagshot Park (1880)

Bagshot Park is a royal residence in Great Britain .

location

Bagshot Park is located near the village of Windlesham in the English county of Surrey , about 18 km south of Windsor .

history

Bagshot Lodge, a country estate designed by Inigo Jones for Charles I from 1631 to 1633, was originally located here .

In 1798 Sir John Soane converted the building for the later King Wilhelm IV , who lived here until 1816. Then William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh used the house with his wife.

In 1860 the old building was demolished and the current residence for Prince Arthur , a son of Queen Victoria , was built by 1879 . Prince Arthur was temporarily Inspector General of the Army and later Governor General of Canada . He died in Bagshot Park in 1942. The property was later used by various military institutions.

Todays use

Queen Elizabeth II made Bagshot Park a residence for her youngest son, Prince Edward, on the occasion of his wedding to Sophie Rhys-Jones . The 57-room house underwent major renovations and was also the headquarters of the Prince's film production company before going out of business. The property, which critics often described as ugly, was the last great palace construction of the British royal family . The interior is partly designed in the Indian colonial style, of which the billiards room is particularly exemplary.

Web links

Commons : Bagshot Park  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article522929.ece Times online - accessed July 6, 2010

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 2 "  N , 0 ° 41 ′ 42"  W.