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Ashdown House may refer to: Ashdown House, East Sussex, an 18th-century country house in Forest Row, England, now a school. Ashdown House, Oxfordshire, a 17th-century country house in Ashbury, England, belonging to the National Trust. Category:
12 mag 2012 · There's also a Neolithic burial mound and an iron age hill fort before you reach Ashdown House, a 17th‑century mansion. The paths are mostly hard, or through fields, with a couple of moderate ...
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Ashdown House is approached off the B4000 Ashbury to Lambourn lane running parallel to the site to the east, at the foot of Kingstone Down. A spur west off this lane, 350m south-east of the House, leads 400m west to Ashdown hamlet; the south drive spurs north off this lane 300m south of the House. The south drive enters the park through late ...
Ashdown House was created for William, 1st Earl Craven in around 1663. He was one of the richest figures of the 17th century and is remembered particularly for his dedication to James I’s daughter Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia. The 1st Earl devoted himself to her service and spent much of his considerable fortune in supporting her causes.
The widow of the 4th Earl who had drowned in 1921, Cornelia (d.1961), Countess of Craven, had given the House to the National Trust in 1956, with 35 acres and an endowment. Address and contact. Lambourn, Newbury, Berkshire RG17 8RE England. ashdown house@nationaltrust.org.uk. 01494 755569. Before making a visit, check opening hours with the venue.
This house was built by the dashing Earl of Craven for the former Queen of Bohemia, Elizabeth. She was the sister of King Charles I and was married off to Frederick, Duke of the Palatine, luckily it was a love match and she had 13 children. 2 of her sons Rupert and Maurice fought for their uncle during the War of Three Kingdoms (the English Civil War) and their youngest sister Sophie was the ...
