| 词条 | The Mansion, Berkhamsted |
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HistoryThe house was designed by George Hubbard and built by H and J Matthews between 1906 and 1908 for Sir John Evans.[1] Evans was a well known archaeologist and geologist who became President of the Geological Society of London.[2] Evans called the house Britwell but, after his death 1908, it was bought by Sir Arthur Cory Wright, a businessman, who renamed it renamed Berkhamsted Hill.[3] The house was bought by the Deen family in 1919 and by Sir Richard Ashmole Cooper, a businessman, in 1937.[3] After Cooper's death in 1946, the house was acquired by his family chemicals business which itself was bought by the Wellcome Trust in 1959.[3] The house next came into the ownership of the Pitman-Moore Company, a pharmaceuticals business, who had no further use for it after 1991.[3] Now known as "the Mansion",[1] it became the centre point of a retirement facility known as "Castle Village" in 1999.[4] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-355498-the-mansion-berkhamsted-hertfordshire#.VjZFfvnhAdU|title=The Mansion|publisher=British listed buildings|accessdate=1 November 2015}} {{Listed buildings in Hertfordshire|G2}}{{coord|51.76823|N|0.54681|W|region:GB-BKM_type:landmark|display=title}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://johnevans.ashmolean.org/evans/societies.html|title=Sir John Evans: Learned Societies and Awards|publisher=Ashmolean Museum, Oxford|accessdate=1 November 2015}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/docs/default-source/strategic-planning/issues-paper---looking-after-the-environment---appendix-2015-part2.pdf?sfvrsn=0|title=Looking after the environment|publisher=Dacorum Council|accessdate=1 November 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.retirementvillages.co.uk/our-villages/home-counties/castle-berkhamsted-hemel-hempstead|title=Our villages|publisher=Retirement Villages|accessdate=1 November 2015}} 3 : Grade II listed buildings in Hertfordshire|Country houses in Hertfordshire|Berkhamsted |
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