Deepdene House (site of) (Dorking)
United Kingdom /
England /
Dorking
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/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Dorking
World / United Kingdom / England
estate (manor / mansion land), invisible, historical layer / disappeared object
Until 1969 this was the site of Deepdene House, rather a a splendid Victorian country house built by the very wealthy Thomas Hope, a writer and collector. The Hope Family are best known for giving their name to the Hope Diamond, which at one time resided in their collection here. In the 1890s Deepdene was let to Lily, Duchess of Marlborough, and guests included the Prince of Wales and a young Winston Churchill.
It later became an hotel and was taken over by the Southern Railway as wartime headquarters when London was deemed too dangerous due to German bombing. After the war it became the offices of British Railways, Southern Region and remained so until c.1965. Deemed too expensive to renovate or maintain, it was demolished in 1969.
It later became an hotel and was taken over by the Southern Railway as wartime headquarters when London was deemed too dangerous due to German bombing. After the war it became the offices of British Railways, Southern Region and remained so until c.1965. Deemed too expensive to renovate or maintain, it was demolished in 1969.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°13'49"N -0°19'21"E
- Baynards Park 16 km
- Ashridge Estate 69 km
- Bowood Park Estate 123 km
- Rushmore Park 126 km
- Bathurst Estate 136 km
- Orchardleigh Park 141 km
- Badminton Estate 143 km
- Ragley Estate 155 km
- Ashton Court Estate 165 km
- Trelowarren Estate 368 km
- Cotmandene 0.3 km
- Dorking Golf Club 0.8 km
- Dorking Rec 0.8 km
- Meadowbank - Dorking FC 0.9 km
- Betchworth Park Golf Club 1.4 km
- The Lake 2.3 km
- Fishing Lakes 2.5 km
- Holmwood Common 3.4 km
- The Clover Field 4.7 km
- Anstiebury Hill Fort 5.5 km
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