West Horsley Place

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West Horsley Place: 15th century structure with a renovated facade in the mid-17th century

West Horsley Place is a Grade I structure in West Horsley , Surrey , England. There are eight other Grade II structures on the property, including a mid-19th century dog ​​kennel.

history

The origins of the building go back. It was built from red brick, and the gallery in the west wing was later converted into additional bedrooms. The house has a total of 50 bedrooms. In the 16th century it belonged to John, Lord Berners , who made the first English translation of Froissart's Chronicles , and later to the Earl of Lincoln . It belonged to Henry Currie in the 19th century , who was Conservative MP for the Guildford constituency from 1847 to 1852 . When future owner Laura Mart Fielder died in 1908, leaving King's College , Cambridge £ 3,000, West Horsley Place was valued at £ 62,536.

In 1931 the property was acquired by Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe and his wife. Crewe died in 1945, his wife Peggy (née Primrose, † 1967) left it to their daughter Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (1915-2014). This largely closed it off and lived in a five-room area of ​​the house.

When the Duchess died in 2014 at the age of 99, her then eighty-year-old great-nephew, the author and television presenter Bamber Gascoigne , inherited the property. The duchess was childless, but had numerous great-nieces and great-nephews. Gascoigne was surprised that his great-aunt would leave him the property. In order to raise funds to restore the somewhat shabby 50-room property, Gascoigne had the Duchess 's property auctioned off by Sotheby's in London and Geneva. The result was £ 8.8 million, four times what was originally expected.

Grange Park Opera, Surrey, July 2017

Grange Park Opera

Grange Park Opera has a 99-year lease for a 750-seat theater built for this purpose on the property. The building application for the theater, based on a design by Tim Ronalds, initially met opposition, but was approved by the Guildford Borough Council in May 2016 . The architectural model for the architects was the “horseshoe construction” of La Scala in Milan . Grange Park Opera is the first new build of an opera house in the UK in the 21st century.

The opening performance took place on June 9, 2017 with Puccini's opera Tosca . The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Gianluca Marcianò played, Joseph Calleja sang Cavaradossi and Ekaterina Metlova played the title role.

West Horsley Place in the movie

Much of the 2015 ITV TV film Harry Price: Ghost Hunter was filmed in the house.

West Horsley Place was the home of the Ashley's in Roger Michell's 2017 film adaptation of My Cousin Rachel .

Web links

supporting documents

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  5. ^ John Pickford: Grange Park Opera's new £ 10m plot . In: Financial Times , March 30, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016. 
  6. ^ Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton: A topographical history of Surrey, by EW Brayley assisted by J. Britton and EW Brayley, jun. The geological section by G. Mantell . 1841, p. 95 ( books.google.com ).
  7. ^ The British Newspaper Archive: Article. In: Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. British Newspaper Archive, June 22, 1908, p. 6 , accessed November 16, 2016 (only accessible by registration).
  8. ↑ ROXBURGHE, - Deaths Announcements . Telegraph Announcements. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  9. ↑ a b c d e Hannah Furness: Bamber Gascoigne to save 500-year-old manor after 'accidental' inheritance . In: The Telegraph . March 21, 2015 ( co.uk ).
  10. ↑ Bamber Gascoigne raises £ 8.8m from West Horsley auctions . BBC news. May 29, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  11. ^ Tim Ronalds Architects, Grange Park Opera House. Retrieved February 28, 2018
  12. ^ Mark Edwards: New opera house gets go-ahead as Joanna Lumley lends support . May 20, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ David Carlin: Grange Park Opera's inaugural Tosca , bachtrack.com, accessed on February 28, 2018
  14. ↑ Caroline Westbrook: Here's why you won't want to miss ITV's spooky new drama Harry Price: Ghost Hunter . In: Metro , December 27, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2016.