Brantridge Park, Balcombe, West Sussex, England is a 19th-century country house, formerly one of the lesser royal residences. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]
History[edit]
The house and grounds replaced Brantridge farmhouse and farm. Sir Robert Loder acquired the estate in 1849, and by 1874, Brantridge Park mansion had been built.[2]
Standing in Brantridge Forest, it was the seat of Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (and brother of Queen Mary), and his wife, Princess Alice of Albany, the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria. They leased the house from Lord Cowdray from 1922 onwards.
The Princess Beatrice, youngest and last surviving child of Queen Victoria, also lived in Brantridge Park with her niece, Princess Alice, until her death in her sleep here on 26 October 1944, aged 87.
Sir Denys Lowson, at one time Lord Mayor of London, lived there for some years after the Athlones. The house was then used as a home for disabled children.
21st century[edit]
More recently the house was divided into apartments, and operated as a time-share resort until January 2008.
In December 2016, Brantridge Park was bought by the architect Anders Dahl and his wife, Fiona Bigwood.[3]
As of January 2022, Brantridge Park is a hotel.[4]
References[edit]
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Preserved/used for diplomatic and public visits | |
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Historical |
- 8 South Audley Street, Mayfair
- Abergeldie Castle, Crathie and Braemar
- Albany (London)
- Allerton Castle
- Audley End House
- Palace of Beaulieu, Boreham‡
- Barnwell Manor†
- Beaumont Palace, Oxford‡
- Fort Belvedere, Old Windsor†
- Bentley Priory
- Berkhamsted Castle¤
- Birch Hall, Windlesham
- Brantridge Park, Balcombe
- Bridewell Palace‡
- Brill Palace¤
- Bushy House
- Cadzow Castle¤
- Caernarfon Castle
- Cambridge Cottage, Kew
- Cambridge House
- Carisbrooke Castle
- Carlton House‡
- Castell y Bere¤
- Castle Hill Lodge, Ealing‡
- Castlewood House, Egham Wick
- Chelsea Manor‡
- Chevening
- Chideock Manor
- Criccieth Castle¤
- Christ Church, Oxford
- Claremont, Esher
- Clarendon Palace¤
- Cliveden, Taplow
- Coombe Abbey, Combe Fields, Rugby
- Coppins, Iver
- Crocker End House, Nettlebed
- Crosby Hall, London
- Cumberland Cottage
- Cumberland House‡
- Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
- Delnadamph Lodge‡
- Dolbadarn Castle¤
- Dolwyddelan Castle¤
- Dolphin Square
- Doune Castle
- Dover House
- Dunfermline Palace¤
- Eastwell Park, Kent
- Edinburgh Castle
- Eltham Palace§
- Falkland Palace, Fife
- Frogmore House, Windsor
- Gloucester House, Weymouth
- Gloucester House, London‡
- Gloucester Lodge
- Gunnersbury Park
- Hanworth Manor‡
- Hatfield House
- Havering Palace‡
- Ingestre House, Great Haywood
- Kent House (Isle of Wight)
- Kew House (Isle of Wight)
- Kew Palace§
- Kingsbourne House
- King's House, Winchester‡
- Kings Langley Palace‡
- Lancaster House
- Leeds Castle, Kent
- Leicester House, Westminster
- Linlithgow Palace¤
- Marlborough House
- Montagu House, Blackheath‡
- Castle of Mey, Caithness
- Nether Lypiatt Manor
- Nonsuch Palace‡
- Norfolk House‡
- Nottingham Cottage†
- Oak Grove House
- Oatlands Palace‡ and Park§, Walton/Weybridge
- Osborne Cottage
- Osborne House
- Palace of Placentia, Greenwich‡
- Queen Charlotte's Cottage, Kew
- Queen's House, Greenwich
- Ranger's House, Blackheath
- Ribsden Holt, Windlesham
- Richmond Palace ‡
- Romenda Lodge
- Royal Pavilion, Aldershot‡
- Royal Pavilion, Brighton
- Savile House
- Savoy Palace‡
- Schomberg House, 77 Pall Mall
- Somerset House
- Stirling Castle
- Sunninghill Park‡
- Sussex House, Hammersmith
- The More, Rickmansworth
- Theobalds House, Cheshunt
- Walmer Castle
- Palace of Westminster
- Palace of Whitehall‡
- Windlesham Moor
- Witley Court, Great Witley
- Woodstock Palace‡
- York Cottage, Sandringham†
- York House, St James's Palace
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Royal residences abroad |
- 4 route du Champ d'Entraînement, Paris, France
- Château de la Croë, Cap d'Antibes, France
- Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
- Les Jolies Eaux, Mustique, St Vincent
- Riven Rock, Santa Barbara, U.S.
- Sagana Lodge, Kenya
- Villa Guardamangia, Malta
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Key: ‡ = demolished ¤ = now ruins § = partly demolished † = still owned |
Coordinates: 51°3′26.32″N 0°9′52.64″W / 51.0573111°N 0.1646222°W / 51.0573111; -0.1646222