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Telecommunications millionnaire Patrick Naughton bought the property in 2002 for £2.85 million. The bathrooms in Fife House were renovated in 2002 by Emily Swift-Jones and Joseph Atkinson of
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During renovation work carried out under the supervision of new owners Todd Cooper and Giuseppe Sironi in 2001 the decoration by Crace was rediscovered under several layers of wallpaper.
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at that time. King Edward visited the house on a number of occasions, most notably staying there during his convalescence in 1908. It was for this reason that the
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From 1947 and for most of the rest of the 20th century, Fife House was the home of the Weston family, who founded and ran the nearby Nevill House Hotel.
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The property was sold in 2008, to an unknown buyer, for £1.75 million. It was reported that the property had been occupied by
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was installed in the house. Princess Louise lived in the property until 1924.
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during December 2008, but they had moved out by mid-January 2009.
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House Detectives, BBC Two England, 9 November 2005, Genome
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Fife House (in foreground) at west end of Lewes Crescent
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Fife House, Whitehall
Fife House, Glenrothes

Regency
Kemp Town
Brighton
England
Coordinates
50°48′57″N 0°06′46″W / 50.8159°N 0.1129°W / 50.8159; -0.1129
Charles Busby
Amon Wilds
Thomas Cubitt
Grade I listed
Grade I listed building
Kemp Town
Brighton
United Kingdom
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Fife
Thomas Cubitt
Thomas Read Kemp
Charles Busby
Amon Wilds
William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
Chatsworth
John Gregory Crace
Duke of Fife
Princess Louise
King Edward VII
squatters

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