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132:, and married Celine Pappa in 1917. A few weeks later, her youngest brother Second Lieutenant Armaud Pappa was killed at Arras. Celine, the eldest daughter of a London-based Greek stockbroker Demosthenes George Pappa and French-born wife, Franceska Jacobi, born in Paris. They honeymooned by travelling the world and returned to purchase the estate in 1923. Charles acquired additional land in 1925 and continued the garden development started by Richard Webster. He reconstructed the main facade in Queen Anne style. He enhanced the gardens with rare rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas and magnolias. One particular red-flowered species (Rhododendron barbatum Wallich ex G. Don 1834) won an Award of Merit when exhibited by Winterfold House in 1934. Celine became a member of the Surrey Archaeological Society in 1927. Charles became an invalid and died in 1960 and his wife soon afterwards. They had no children, so the property together with their fantastic collection of furniture and art was auctioned off. 80: 216:. At one stage during the hunt for the thieves, suspicion fell on Winterfold House above Cranleigh where a police raid took place searching for some of the train robbers, but nothing was found. Later in the same vicinity some of the proceeds were discovered: £100,900 in a bag in Redlands Wood, a beauty spot two miles from 234:
Joint auctioneers Weller Eggar, 4 Quarry Street, Guildford and John D Wood & Co, 23 Berkeley Square, London. Solicitors, Clayton & Co, 22 Rothsay Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The house was divided into two lots and the remaining estate, Winderfold Lodge, The Coach House, The Gardeners Cottage,
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is a 19th-century residence which stands on its own grounds of 4¾ acres. Planning consent for its separation from Winterfold House has been obtained and the Architects Floor Plans are included in the back cover of the catalogue (1716/5). Total accommodation provided is as follows: entrance hall and
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built c.1925 in the Queen Anne style. Modern addition to the earlier 19th century house (Winterfold Court) with which it was integrated to provide a much larger house. The auctioneers state that the two structures can be easily separated with the minimum of structural alteration. Winterfold House
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near Guildford, had been established in February 1941 and this continued until March 1943 when a new selection procedures were established at Winterfold House, near Cranleigh. Its primary use during the war was to whittle out those not suited to undercover work and begin initial training for those
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who laid out grounds with flowering trees and shrubs. Lord Alverstone married Louisa Mary, daughter of William Charles Calthrop, in 1872. They had one son and one daughter. She died in March 1877. Their only son, the Honourable Arthur died childless in August 1902, aged 28, after an operation for
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north east along Barhatch Lane. Rising to about 700 ft. above the sea in Winterfold Hill, part of the great stretch of the heath and fir upland called Hurt Wood adjoining Blackheath to the north, and eastward rising still higher in Ewhurst, Holmbury, and Leith Hills, in Ewhurst, Ockley, and
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staircase, 2 cloakrooms, 3 reception rooms and fine panelled billiards room with vaulted ceiling, large kitchen, utility room, play room, stores. Wine cellar and boiler room, 2 bedrooms and bathroom suites, 2 further bedrooms and 4 bedrooms and bathroom and box room on the second floor.
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that progressed. Prospecting for good agent material was the job of SOE's newly appointed SAB established in June 1943 by a small team of psychologists, psychiatrists and military staff. Amongst the many recruits that attended Winterfold included
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stands in its own grounds of 4½ acres, when converted it will provide the following accommodation: entrance lobby and cloakroom, hall with pipe organ, 3 interconnecting reception rooms, kitchen, 7 bedrooms, 3 of which are en suite and bathroom.
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appendicitis. In 1891 a series of professional photographs were taken of the interior rooms and exterior aspect and grounds of the house. They are now part of the English Heritage Archive. In 1900 he was appointed
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In August 1963 thieves ambushed the Glasgow to Euston mail train in Buckinghamshire and stole over £2m in used, untraceable banknotes in the largest-ever raid on a British train. It became known as
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In November 2011, a Memorial to the SOE was unveiled at Winterfold House, Surrey, formerly STS 7, Students' Assessment Board. It was initiated by British military historian, writer and author
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and Pitch Hill, known collectively as The Hurtwood, are known for their abundant bilberries. These blueberry like fruits are known locally as 'Hurts' hence the name of the woods.
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in London. The Architect’s practice continued by him was one of the oldest established in the country, and many of the finest buildings in the City of London including the new
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The sale catalogue records details of Winterfold Estate, comprising 212 acres for sale by auction. It was broken-up into 18 lots with vacant possession, 17 May 1978.
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The house was built in 1886 designed by London architect Edward Blakeway I'Anson (1843-1912), in a classic late Victorian style, for Richard Webster QC later
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and became Lord Alverstone in 1913. He died at Cranleigh, Surrey, in December 1915, aged 72. He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. He was President of
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BINNEY, Marcus, The Women who lived for Danger, The women Agents of SOE in the Second World Wat, Hodder & Stoughton, 2002, pages 203,222,
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O'CONNOR, Bernard, Return to Belgium, The true story of four women agents sent to liberate Belgium during World War Two, 2009, pages 42–44,
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is one of the few private country properties to be designed by London architect Edward Blakeway I'Anson, F.R.I.B.A., M.A. Cantab of
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from 1895 until his death. His peerages became extinct on his death. The woodland above the house is known as 'Lord Justice Seat'.
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bought Winterfold House for an estimated £100,000. He later sold Winterfold and moved to London where he died in 2006.
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http://www.englishheritagearchives.org.uk/SingleResult/Default.aspx?id=989089&t=Quick&cr=bedford&page=545
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was made in 1958 about Szabo's wartime life in the SOE. Her much quoted code-poem produced by codemaker Leo Marks at
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OTTAWAY, Susan, Violette Szabo: The Life That I Have, 2002, Pen & Sword Publishing, Thistle publishing, 2014
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Bradley & Pevsner (1997). The Buildings of England: London 1 - The City of London. New Haven and London: Yale
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The Bothy cottage, Winterfold Farm, Colmans Farmhouse, Keepers Cottage, pasture and woodland into separate lots.
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MINNEY, R J, Carve Her Name with Pride, The story of Violette Szabo, 1964, The Children's Book Club, London
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MARKS, Leo, Between Silk and Cyanide -A codemaker's War 1939-1945 HarperCollins (paperback) London 2000,
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The Open University: Int. Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice, Part 3 1951-1975:
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During World War II Winterfold was requisitioned by the British Government and used by SOE
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The estate covers around 212 acres, situated in the Surrey hills, close to the village of
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Hill, E.C. He was the elder son of Edward I'Anson JP, born in London and educated at
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The house is currently owned by businessman Major Anthony Hampton and his family.
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Winterfold House from bridleway 358 (June 2006) - geograph.org.uk - 182577
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and others. It was attended by Tania Szabó, the daughter of heroine
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Sir Richard Webster QC, afterwards Viscount Alverstone (1886-1915)
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The Rhododendron Species Foundation & Botanical Garden:
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Training establishments of the Special Operations Executive
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they had earlier made a successful major refurbishment to
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Notable people who live or have lived in the local area:
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came from a background of Irish aristocracy. Educated at
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Index

St Laurence Pountney
Cheltenham College
Cambridge University
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Corn Exchange
Mark Lane
Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors
Edward I'Anson
Fetcham Park House
Cranleigh
Holmbury Hill

Viscount Alverstone
Lord Chief Justice
Surrey County Cricket Club
Charles Armytage-Moore
Repton School
Credit Suisse
Marylebone Cricket Club
Prince Carol of Romania
Special Operations Executive
Wanborough Manor
Muriel Byck
Andrée Borrel
Denise Bloch
Noor Inyat Khan
Violette Szabo
Carve Her Name with Pride
Special Operations Executive
Paul McCue

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