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The Dower House, Stoke Park

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51: 31: 209: 58: 224:, from 1909. The house closed as hospital wards in November 1986 when the final remaining patients were moved to other wards, though the laundry remained for a period. The building was sold in 1991 to the Sennitt and Neate families who planned to redevelop the house into a nursing home, and it was rented to the nearby 282:
Steve England, a conservation educator and RHS horticulturist, states that “I’ve heard the sound of thumping hooves behind me on numerous occasions, once so vividly I jumped out of the way, but there was nothing there."
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Residential planning permission was sought, but before any planning permission was acquired, in 1998 the house was sold on to a consortium of housing developers. The last UWE lecture was in spring 2003.
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Many visitors have claimed that they have heard galloping hooves as they travel through - although horses haven't been on the grounds for years.
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whose daughter's obelisk can be found to this date on the hill she died on from falling off a horse.
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Dower House is rumoured to be haunted by the ghost of Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of
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Several aspects of the house and estate are listed. The house is
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circa 1760, it eventually became used as a dower house by the
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The main house was converted into 13 apartments in 2004.
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on the main approach into the city, and painted yellow.
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view of the Dower House, after restoration
Stoke Park, Bristol
The Dower House, Stoke Park is located in Bristol
England
Bristol
Coordinates
51°29′34″N 2°32′44″W / 51.492896°N 2.545427°W / 51.492896; -2.545427
OS grid
ST62230 77247
Stoke Park
dower house
Bristol
England
Purdown
M32 motorway
Sir Richard Berkeley
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt
dukes of Beaufort
Badminton House
Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
Elizabeth Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort

Stoke Park Hospital
University of the West of England
Frenchay
Bristol City Council
Grade II* listed
Grade II listed
Grade II listed

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