The Mansion, Berkhamsted
| The Mansion | |
| Hertfordshire | |
|---|---|
 The Mansion, Berkhamsted (on the left) | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL00370873 |
| Location: | 51°46’6"N, -0°32’49"W |
| Town: | Berkhamsted |
| History | |
| Built 1906 - 1908 | |
| For: | Sir John Evans by George Hubbard |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
The Mansion is a historic property on Castle Hill, now by the northern spread of Berkhamsted. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The house was designed by George Hubbard and built by H and J Matthews between 1906 and 1908 for Sir John Evans,[1] the archaeologist and geologist who became President of the Geological Society of London.[2] Sir John called the house Britwell.
In 1908, after the death of Sir John Evans, the house was bought by Sir Arthur Cory Wright, a businessman, who renamed it renamed Berkhamsted Hill.[3]
The house was bought by the Deen family in 1919 and by Sir Richard Ashmole Cooper, a businessman, in 1937.[3] After Cooper's death in 1946, the house was acquired by his family chemicals business which itself was bought by the Wellcome Trust in 1959.[3] The house next came into the ownership of the Pitman-Moore Company, a pharmaceuticals business, who had no further use for it after 1991.[3]
Now known as "the Mansion",[1] it became the centre point of a retirement facility known as "Castle Village" in 1999.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Heritage List 1078113: The Mansion, Berkhamsted
- ↑ "Sir John Evans: Learned Societies and Awards". Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. http://johnevans.ashmolean.org/evans/societies.html. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Looking after the environment". Dacorum Council. https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/docs/default-source/strategic-planning/issues-paper---looking-after-the-environment---appendix-2015-part2.pdf?sfvrsn=0. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ↑ "Our villages". Retirement Villages. http://www.retirementvillages.co.uk/our-villages/home-counties/castle-berkhamsted-hemel-hempstead. Retrieved 1 November 2015.