Frimley Park Explained

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Location:Frimley
Area:Surrey
Built:1760
Owner:Ministry of Defence
Designation1:Grade II
Designation1 Offname:Frimley Park Mansion
Designation1 Date:19 July 1984
Designation2:National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Designation2 Offname:Frimley Park
Designation2 Date:6 July 2000

Frimley Park in Frimley, Surrey, England, consists of Frimley Park mansion, a Grade II listed building, and the formal gardens, designed by Edward White in 1920. The house and gardens are all that remain of an estate that once encompassed more than . Since 1949 it has belonged to the War Office (now the Ministry of Defence), and currently hosts an Army Cadet training centre.

History

The estate of Frimley Manor was sold by Sir Henry Tichborne to James Lawrell the elder for £20,000 in 1789. In 1806 the estate was divided. James Lawrell the younger kept what was referred to as Frimley Manor, while Frimley Park mansion and of land were sold to John Tekells.[1]

In the early 1860s most of the estate was parcelled up and sold off. The house with of land was purchased by the Whig politician William Crompton-Stansfield in 1862.

Theodore Alexander Ralli bought the estate in 1920, and commissioned Edward White (1873–1952) to lay out a formal rose garden and sunken garden. In 1947 (shortly after the end of World War II) more land was sold separately and the remaining was purchased by the Officers' Association who two years later (in 1949) sold what remained of the estate to the current owners, the War Department (now the Ministry of Defence).

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. cites Wellard 1995.