Welders House

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Coordinates: 51°36′32″N 0°35′18″W / 51.60882°N 0.58837°W / 51.60882; -0.58837
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Welders House is a Grade II listed house located in the village of Jordans, in Buckinghamshire, England.

It was built between 1898 and 1899 for the politician

First World War. The house closed in 1927 having been received by the Governors of St Luke's from the War Office in 1922. In 1940 the Welders House estate was leased to a couple who unsuccessfully planned to create a private nursing home, it was subsequently leased to the Bon Secours Sisters in 1942 and was part of the St Joseph Nursing Home in nearby Beaconsfield until April 1947.[3]

It has been Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England since December 1984.[2] The formal grounds feature a Rose garden, a copy of the Bethesda Fountain in New York City's Central Park, and a K6 telephone box.[4]

It was owned by British two-time Academy Award winning special effects director John Stears in the 1980s.[5] It was then bought by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne in 1993.[6]

Since this time significant renovation and expansion work has been undertaken adding an alternative driveway, a tennis court and gymnasium.[6] The house was chosen by Sharon Osbourne due to its extreme distance from any public houses.[6]

The house is built of red brick and has 2 storeys with Dutch style

gabled attics.[2] The gardens of Welders House were featured in the 2017 book The Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley and photographer Hugo Rittson Thomas.[4]

In 2022, Welders House and its history was covered extensively in Jack Osbourne's Haunted Homecoming[7] Mini-series on Discovery+.

References

  1. ^ Frederick Chatterton (1923). Who's who in architecture, 1923. The Architectural Press. p. 162.
  2. ^ a b c Historic England, "Welders House (1124836)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 October 2017
  3. ^ "St Lukes-Woodside Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b Summerley and Rittson Thomas, 2017 pg. 117
  5. ISBN 978-0-86259-072-7
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    ISBN 978-0-7515-5463-2
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  7. ^ Jack Osbourne's Haunted Homecoming (Reality-TV), North One Television, Osbourne Media, Discovery+, 2022-10-02, retrieved 2022-11-07

51°36′32″N 0°35′18″W / 51.60882°N 0.58837°W / 51.60882; -0.58837

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