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to remove the existing farm house and redevelop the property. Completed in 1795, Lady James died before its hand-over. Although her house is at the centre of the current property, it is largely obscured or altered as a result of later developments.
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In the 1850s, the estate was bought by Thomas Henry Allen Poynder, and passed on his death to his brother, William Henry Poynder. On his death, the estate passed to his nephew,
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court. The house and nearby buildings were developed as a private business park in the late 1990s, although the house retains its Georgian facade and look.
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In 1816, the estate was purchased from the Goddard family trust by American exile Michael Joy, who through his sympathies for the British during the
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Bought in 1997, Hartham Park was redeveloped into a business park. The main house and adjoining buildings enclose 90 sub-let serviced offices.
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From the start of his ownership, Baron Islington began to remodel Hartham Park. The house was remodelled and the grounds were landscaped by
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found it impossible to remain in North America. In the 1830s his son Henry Hall Joy undertook a land swap with Sir
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Sold again in the 1960s, the house has since been used as corporate offices, initially as the headquarters of the
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Register of Deaths for St George's Hanover Square registration district, July–September 1840, Volume 1, p. 3
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court, northwest of the house. Started in an artillery building at the gunnery range at
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onwards, the upper floors were used as dormitories housing one hundred members of the
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In 1904, Lord Islington commissioned the construction of a wooden
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Lord Islington sold Hartham Park following his purchase of
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Subsequently, leased out, in 1800 it was the birthplace of
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Manor house
Wiltshire
Coordinates
51°26′49″N 2°12′05″W / 51.4470°N 2.2013°W / 51.4470; -2.2013
Business park
www.harthampark.com
Georgian
manor house
Corsham
James Wyatt
stické tennis
Domesday Book
Commodore Sir William James
East India Company
Eltham
Wiltshire
James Wyatt
Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet
American War of Independence
Benjamin Hobhouse
Hartham House
air raid shelter
Second World War

John Dickson Poynder
MP for Chippenham
London County Council
Second Boer War
Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen

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