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Bagshot Park is a royal residence located near Bagshot, a village 11 miles (18 km) south of Windsor. It is on Bagshot Heath, a 50-square-mile (130 km 2) tract of formerly open land in Surrey and Berkshire. Bagshot Park occupies 51 acres (21 ha) within the designated area of Windsor Great Park.
- 1879
- The Crown Estate
- Bagshot Park Mansion
Bagshot Park. The Duke of Connaught, one of Queen Victoria’s sons, had Bagshot Park commissioned by the architect Benjamin Ferrey who was a pupil of both AWN Pugin and of William Wilkins. Ferrey was well known for churches but built a large number of country houses and Bagshot Park, begun in 1877 was the last commission of his life.
Mid-Victorian gardens and pleasure grounds belonging to the Duke of Connaught, set in parkland reimparked in the late 17th century, and incorporating pleasure grounds of the early 19th century laid out for the Duchess of Gloucester.
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Bagshot is a large village in the Surrey Heath borough of Surrey, England, approximately 26 miles (42 km) southwest of central London. In the past, Bagshot served as an important staging post between London, Southampton and the West Country, evidenced by the original coaching inns still present in the village today.
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- South East
Bagshot Park is a royal residence located near Bagshot, a village on north-western Surrey eleven miles south of Windsor and the same distance north-west of Guildford. It stands amidst Bagshot Heath, a fifty square-mile tract of formerly open land in Surrey and Berkshire. It currently provides a residence for HRH The Earl of Wessex and his family.
Bagshot Park ( Grid reference: SU 9164) is a royal residence. It is 11 miles (18 km) south of Windsor. It is located in Bagshot, Surrey, and is the current home and official residence of Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex and Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
There has been a Royal hunting lodge on the site now known as Bagshot Park for many centuries: it was well favoured by the Stuart kings. Later it was used by various officers of the Royal household. Bagshot Park again became a Royal residence in the 19th century.
