Bagshot Park is a royal residence located near
Bagshot, a village south west of
Windsor and approximately north east of
Guildford (
Grid reference: ). It is the current home of The
Earl and
Countess of
Wessex. Bagshot Park is on Bagshot Heath, a fifty square-mile tract of formerly open land in
Surrey and
Berkshire. It is only a few miles from
Sunninghill Park, the former residence of the
Duke and
Duchess of
York, and is the current official residence of
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and his wife,
Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
Prince Edward renovated Bagshot Park as a residence for himself and as a base for his film production company,
Ardent Productions, until he closed the business. The estate is farmed.
History
The original Bagshot Lodge (not the present Lodge, visible on the public road at the entrance to the drive) was built between 1631 and 1633
History of the King's works IV. as one of a series of small lodges designed for King
Charles I by
Inigo Jones. It was remodelled between 1766 and 1772 according to designs of
James Paine for
George Keppel, the 3rd
Earl of Albemarle, and altered in 1798 by
Sir John SoaneDorothy Stroud, 1984,
Sir John Soane, Architect. for the Duke of Clarence (later King
William IV), who lived there until 1816.
Bagshot Park was subsequently used by
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, nephew of King
George III. The Duke added pieces...
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