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Earl de Grey's Mansion at Wrest Park

When his aunt Amabel died in 1833, Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey (1781–1859), inherited an outstanding garden with a large, crumbling house of medieval or...
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When his aunt Amabel died in 1833, Thomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de Grey (1781–1859), inherited an outstanding garden with a large, crumbling house of medieval origins.
Rather than making improvements to the old house, de Grey, an accomplished amateur architect, demolished it and between 1834 and 1839 built a new house. Unusually for the time, he chose to adopt an 18th-century French style of architecture both inside and outside the house.
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JanLiz August 14, 2019
This Earl was quite destructive in a way wasn't he; pulling down old architecture and making a church collapse hhmmm
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Joviaal August 14, 2019
Yes, when you're rich you can follow your own wish. :-(
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