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since November 1984. In addition to the main house, the entrance lodges and garage are also listed Grade II. The house is curved and has 10 bedrooms. The centre of the paved forecourt in front of the house holds a fountain. An underground air raid shelter at the house was turned into a billiard room
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magazine in July 1987. Matthew wrote that 'even in the midst of the quasi-rural grandur' Hamstone House stands out like the 'Duchess of Windsor's flamingo brooch in a local jewellers window' and the grounds as 'eight acres of tall trees and woodland walks, beds of heathers and a formal rose garden
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in 1987 wrote that Hamstone House was perhaps "the most important architectural centrepiece of St Georges's Hill...and looks like the bridge of a huge ocean going liner". The house was acquired in 1984 by an owner who spent £2 million on renovations and creating an Art Deco interior. The house was
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in Somerset. The stone used to build Hamstone House was the last significant supply of the stone before the closure of the Ham Hill quarries for 40 years.
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put on sale with Hamptons & Sons for £5 million in 1987 (equivalent to £17,764,298 in 2023). An 8 ft Venetian glass chandelier and
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describes the style of Hamstone House as "ashlar faced, simple Classical lines, and some good carved details".
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Hamstone House was the subject of the main article in the 13 September 1939 issue of
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bearing the initials of Lind and his wife sit atop the lead pipes of the house.
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The house and lodges are built from concrete and faced with honey coloured
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The house was designed in 1938 by Ian Forbes for the building contractor
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that would not look out of place in the grandest of crematoria'.
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Ian Nairn; Nikolaus Pevsner; Bridget Cherry (March 1971).
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light fittings were specially commissioned for the house.
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was used in the dining room floor at Hamstone House.
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Boswell, Josh; Hollingsworth, Mark (20 March 2016).
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Georgian Revival architecture in the United Kingdom
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Hamstone House is located in Surrey
St George's Hill
51°20′41″N 0°27′14″W / 51.34467°N 0.45382°W / 51.34467; -0.45382
OS grid reference
TQ 07787 61753
Surrey
Neo-Georgian
Listed Building
1030101
St George's Hill
Surrey
Peter Lind
Neo-Georgian
hamstone
limestone
Ham Hill
Gargoyles
The Times
Lalique
Ian Nairn
Pevsner Architectural Guides
Punch
listed Grade II
National Heritage List for England
Waterloo Bridge
Peter Lind
new Waterloo Bridge
Giles Gilbert Scott
Country Life
Russian oligarch

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