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The house passed through the
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The house originally had around 70 hectares (170 acres) of land including 6 hectares (15 acres) of formal gardens and pleasure grounds, and around 64 hectares (160 acres) of parkland. They were originally laid out by
Richard Grange between 1720 and 1739. The house still has almost 14 hectares (35
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When the house was first built the main entrance gateway was some 400 metres (1,300 ft) to the north of the house and linked East Street and The Old Road (Dorset), In the 19th century this was superseded by London Road, which split much of the parkland from the house, and the Ham stone gate
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628:"Main entrance gateway, 35 metres North-West of Ven House (1175037)"
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479:"Ven House Gardens, Milborne Port"
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