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The house was built by
Brigadier Crowe. From 1805 until 1919 it was owned by the Tugwell family. George Hayward Tugwell, the mayor of Bath, reconstructed the house and laid out the basic framework for a formal terraced garden in around 1810. During the 1870s the house was again remodelled, this time
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The house was built around 1760 for a
Brigadier Crowe. It has since had a succession of owners who each adapted and renovated the building and grounds. A serious fire in 1926 destroyed much of the fabric and further restoration was required.
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in 1960, who further developed the garden. In 2010 the house was sold at auction by the
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The rock garden to the east of the front of the house was laid out in the 19th century by
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shows the house surrounded by informal parkland, in the style of the period. The front of the house was rebuilt in the early 19th century.
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The former coach house is a single-story building with a central elliptical
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The two-storey building, with a basement, has hipped roofs and a
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British soldiers in the field during the Boer War and in
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