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In 1972 the estate was acquired for £1.2m by John Howard
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family served as
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chapel which was built in 1874 for Sir
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Follifoot wing, was built with an additional 40 rooms. In May 2017 a new spa building was completed with rooftop spa and gardens designed by
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house as a conference and banqueting centre in 1987. In the early 1980s the redundant farms buildings to the north of the site were sold for a private housing development called
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was filmed here. This consisted of six plays involving the various occupants of the house over a 150-year period from the
Napoleonic wars to the 1970s. In some ways this series was almost a precursor to the later TV series
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to oversee its completion. Once completed, the house consisted of two storeys, with no second floor or attic, and was made of ashlar with a
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Rudding Park has an 18-hole golf course and is located on 18th-century parkland. The
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