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Claremont Estate

Claremont House and Estate
Claremont House, Esher.JPG
Type Country House
Location Esher, Elmbridge
Coordinates 51°21′34″N 0°22′06″W / 51.35944°N 0.36833°W / 51.35944; -0.36833Coordinates: 51°21′34″N 0°22′06″W / 51.35944°N 0.36833°W / 51.35944; -0.36833
OS grid reference TQ1333363470
Area Surrey
Built 1774
Architect

Lancelot "Capability" Brown

Henry Holland
Architectural style(s) Palladian
Owner

House: Claremont Fan Court School

Gardens: National Trust
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name: Claremont House
Designated 14 August 1953
Reference no. 1030202
Official name: Claremont
Designated 1 June 1984
Reference no. 1000324
Claremont (country house) is located in Surrey
Claremont (country house)
Location of Claremont House and Estate in Surrey

Lancelot "Capability" Brown

House: Claremont Fan Court School

Claremont, also known historically as 'Clermont', is an 18th-century Palladian mansion less than a mile south of the centre of Esher in Surrey, England. The buildings are now occupied by Claremont Fan Court School, and its landscaped gardens are owned and managed by the National Trust. Claremont House is a Grade I listed building.

The first house on the Claremont estate was built in 1708 by Sir John Vanbrugh, the Restoration playwright and architect of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, for his own use. This "very small box", as he described it, stood on the level ground in front of the present mansion. At the same time, he built the stables and the walled gardens, also probably White Cottage, which is now the Sixth Form Centre of Claremont Fan Court School.

In 1714 he sold the house to the wealthy Whig politician Thomas Pelham-Holles, Earl of Clare, who later became Duke of Newcastle and served twice as Prime Minister. The earl commissioned Vanbrugh to add two great wings to the house and to build a fortress-like turret on an adjoining knoll. From this so-called "prospect-house", or belvedere, he and his guests could admire the views of the Surrey countryside as they took refreshments and played hazard, a popular dice game.


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