Windsor Court
| Windsor Court | |
| Surrey | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU97837127 |
| Location: | 51°25’55"N, -0°35’39"W |
| Village: | Englefield Green |
| History | |
| Address: | Wick Lane |
| Built 1900 | |
| Country house | |
| Arts and Crafts | |
| Information | |
Windsor Court is a large house on Wick Lane in Englefield Green, in the north-westernmost corner of Surrey. It adjoins Windsor Great Park.
Like several of the great houses hereabouts, Windsor Court is not ancient, but was built in about 1900, in the Arts and Crafts style that was popular at the turn of the century.
History
The house was built as Park Close in about 1900, in an eclectic mix of styles, most notably Arts & Crafts.[1][2] It encompasses 37,000 square feet, has ten bedrooms, ten bathrooms and 5 reception rooms.[3]
The estate includes 15 acres of mature gardens, cottages, stables and a large dower house.[4]
Park Close was owned in its early years by the civil engineer and politician Urban Hanlon Broughton as his summer residence.[1] In 1930, his widow Mrs Urban H. Broughton was still living there and at 37 Grosvenor Square, London.[5] In 1949, it was home to Norman Greenlees Weir.[6]
In 2004, the house was bought for £8 million, by "resolutely anonymous" owners, but they apparently never moved in or did any work on the house, except to rebrand it as Windsor Court.[1] In April 2015, Windsor Court was listed for sale at £19.9 million, having been reduced from £25 million.[2] The New York Times took an interest and opined that the house could be refurbished, but is "more likely to be knocked down and replaced".[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bloomfield, Ruth (19 September 2012). "Russian to a fast recovery". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/9552717/Russian-to-a-fast-recovery.html. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Venning, Nicola (16 April 2015). "A Distinctive Address in Surrey, England". https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/greathomesanddestinations/a-distinctive-address-in-surrey-england.html. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ↑ "10 bedroom property for sale". http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-61163356.html. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ↑ Ritchie, Candice (8 September 2015). "Home upgrade anyone? Huge country estate could 'rival any house'". https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/property-news/dream-home-substantial-country-estate-10013122. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ↑ The Anglo-American Year Book. International Development Company, Limited. 1930. https://books.google.com/books?id=WORrt00Nu44C. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ Kenya Gazette. 24 January 1950. p. 68. https://books.google.com/books?id=HnzlJIC-2wsC&pg=PT1. Retrieved 14 February 2018.