Bulstrode Park
Bulstrode is an
First house
The original house was built for the infamous Judge Jeffreys in 1686. It was sold to Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, who made it one of his principal residences and died there in 1709. In the 1740s, the architect and builder Stiff Leadbetter altered the house significantly for the 2nd Duke of Portland. The 3rd Duke commissioned further re-modellings and additions, including the castellated West Wing, to the designs of James Wyatt, between 1806 and 1809.[2]
Their son, the 3rd Duke was a collector of marble and glass, and was influential in loaning the Roman Portland Vase to Josiah Wedgwood. After the 4th Duke of Portland inherited the title in 1809, he decided to dispose of Bulstrode and Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset then acquired the house in 1811.[2]
Present house
The house was unoccupied until the Second World War, when it was used for training as the RAF Staff College.[5]
Following the War, Frecheville Ramsden used part of the property for chemical research into sisal by-products.
In 1966, the Bruderhof moved to the United States, and the property was bought by WEC International, a Christian evangelical mission agency, who gradually restored and improved the public parts of the house's interior.[8] WEC International sold the mansion to a private owner in 2016 for £13 million.[9] It was sold again in 2023 for just £6 million.[10]
Bulstrode Street
Bulstrode Street in London's Marylebone district was named after Bulstrode Park.[11]
References
- ^ Bosworth-Toller. "Anglo-Saxon dictionary".
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Bulstrode Park (1001371)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4088-2101-5.
- ^ "Bulstrode Estate". National Archives. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Defence: Post-war organisation". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 14 November 1945. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- JSTOR 718852.
- ^ "Darvell Bruderhof". Diggers and Dreamers. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Stewart and Jean, Moulds (May–June 2004). "Recruitment, Renewal and Redevelopment". WEC Worldwide Magazine. 528: 3.
- ^ "Bulstrode Park is sold". Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Bulstrode Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8SZ - Sold".
- ISBN 0-7134-0140-0
Further reading
- Baker, Audrey M. (2003). "The Portland Family and Bulstrode Park" (PDF). Records of Buckinghamshire. 43. Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society: 159–178.
- Kelly, D.J. (2019). Bulstrode: Splendour and Scandals of a Buckinghamshire Mansion. Feedaread. ISBN 978-1-78876-810-8.
External links
