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Places To Visit In Surrey - Surrey
Attractions
Places To Visit In Surrey - Surrey
Attractions
Places To Visit In Surrey - Surrey
Attractions
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Heather Bank
This large Art Nouveau-style house was the residence of Marie Stopes (1880-1958), the campaigner for women’s rights and pioneering advocate of family planning. Stopes was Britain’s first Doctor of Science, qualifying in botany in 1905.
Clandon Park
Palladian mansion, built c1730 by Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni with a two-storeyed Marble Hall, collection of 18th century furniture, porcelain, textiles, carpets, the Ivo Forde Meissen collection of Italian comedy figures and a series of Mortlake tapestries. Grounds contain grotto, sunken Dutch garden, Maori Meeting House and Museum of the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
Claremont Landscape Garden
Claremont is a beautiful grade I listed garden, the creation and development of which involved many of the great names in garden history, including Sir John Vanbrugh, Charles Bridgeman, William Kent and 'Capability' Brown. In 1726 it was described as 'the noblest of any in Europe'.
Farnham Castle
The impressive motte and shell keep of a castle founded in 1138 by Bishop Henry of Blois. Long a residence of the wealthy bishops of Winchester, the accommodation in the keep was updated in the 1520s. The keep was abandoned after Civil War service: but much-altered parts of the medieval bishops' residence remain in private hands.
Waverley Abbey
Fragments of the church and monastic buildings of the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128
Great Hall
By W H Crossland for Thomas Holloway and opened 1884. Built of red brick with Portland stone dressings and slate roofs in Franco-Flemish Gothic style. Formerly part of the Royal Holloway Sanatorium.
Painshill Park
Restored Grade I Registered 18th century landscape garden of 158 acres, created by Charles Hamilton between 1738 and 1773. Contains a Gothic temple, Chinese bridge, ruined abbey, Turkish tent, crystal grotto, vineyard and 14 acre serpentine lake fed by a large waterwheel. Europa Nostra medal winner for 'Exemplary Restoration'.
Ivy Conduit
Conduit house built c1514, part of an elaborate water system built in 16th century to provide water to Hampton Court Palace situated over 5km away. A scheduled monument.
St Andrew's United Reformed Church
Former Presbyterian church built 1933 by Maxwell Ayrton, his first ecclesiastical building. Although known mostly for his concrete bridges he used material (plywood birch panelling) and simple form to create a striking interior space.
St Mary Church
Grade II* listed church, on the banks of the Thames. Designed in 1752 by Stephen Wright, master mason at Hampton Court Palace to replace a medieval church on the site. Extensively remodelled by S. S. Teulon in 1857. Features copper domed tower. Graffito decoration of chancel illustrating the gospels, by Heywood Sumner in 1892.
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