Castle Hill, Englefield Green Explained

Other Name:Elvills
Coordinates:51.437°N -0.5772°W
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Location:Englefield Green
Area:Surrey
Built:1758–1763
Architect:Stiff Leadbetter
Designation1:Grade II
Designation1 Offname:Castle Hill
Designation1 Date:24 October 1984
Designation2:Grade II
Designation2 Offname:Castle Hill entrance gates
Designation2 Date:24 October 1984
Designation3:Grade II
Designation3 Offname:Castle Hill bothy
Designation3 Date:24 October 1984
Designation4:Grade II
Designation4 Offname:Castle Hill stable block
Designation4 Date:24 October 1984
Designation5:Grade II
Designation5 Offname:Castle Hill dairy
Designation5 Date:5 June 1985

Castle Hill (originally known as Elvill's) is a large late-18th-century or early-19th-century Grade II listed mansion in Englefield Green, Surrey. The estate totaled 33 acres in 2012, it had previously stood at 108 acres at the time of its 1863 sale. It was designed by Stiff Leadbetter for Sir John Elwill, 4th Baronet and built between 1758 and 1763. The estate was bought by the banker George C. Raphael in the late 19th century.[1]

It was purchased by the Ugland Marine Insurance Company in the 1990s. It is presently owned by a foreign royal family.[2]

In addition to the main house, the entrance gates, bothy, stable block, and dairy are all individually Grade II listed.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Prof F. M. L. Thompson. Gentrification and the Enterprise Culture : Britain 1780-1980: Britain 1780-1980. 5 April 2001. OUP Oxford. 978-0-19-158159-5. 169.
  2. Web site: Castle Hill. S. A. Oliver Charitable Settlement. Oliver Collection. 12 February 2018.