The Dower House is a dower house on Purdown hill above the M32 motorway in Bristol, England, painted yellow and long recognized as one of the city's landmarks. It was originally built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley and rebuilt around 1760 by Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, later serving as a dower house for the Dukes of Beaufort of nearby Badminton House. The house and its terrace, orangery and gate are listed, the house itself Grade II star and the remaining features Grade II. From 1909 to 1986 the property was part of Stoke Park Hospital, then housed University of the West of England lectures, before being converted into thirteen residential apartments in 2004, with the surrounding grounds kept as public open space by Bristol City Council as the Stoke Park Estate. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountStoke Gifford, United Kingdom 2 Completed Year Classification
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1. The Dower House, Stoke Park (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dower_House,_Stoke_Park, lead definition
The Dower House, Stoke Park is a dower house in Bristol, England.
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The Dower House is a dower house on Purdown hill above the M32 motorway in Bristol, England, painted yellow and long recognized as one of the city's landmarks. It was originally built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley and rebuilt around 1760 by Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, later serving as a dower house for the Dukes of Beaufort of nearby Badminton House. The house and its terrace, orangery and gate are listed, the house itself Grade II star and the remaining features Grade II. From 1909 to 1986 the property was part of Stoke Park Hospital, then housed University of the West of England lectures, before being converted into thirteen residential apartments in 2004, with the surrounding grounds kept as public open space by Bristol City Council as the Stoke Park Estate.
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The Dower House, Stoke Park is a dower house in Bristol, England. It is one of Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on Purdown, a hill above the M32 motorway on the main approach into the city, and painted yellow.
The house was built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley. Rebuilt by Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt circa 1760, it eventually became used as a dower house by the dukes of Beaufort
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1553)
The Dower House, Stoke Park is a dower house in Bristol, England. It is one of Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on Purdown, a hill above the M32 motorway on the main approach into the city, and painted yellow.
The house was built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley. Rebuilt by Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt circa 1760, it eventually became used as a dower house by the dukes of Beaufort
View the Source2. The Dower House, Stoke Park (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Stoke Gifford, United KingdomQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Stoke Gifford, United Kingdom
Wikidata item Q7730778, property P131/P17 (location): Stoke Gifford, United Kingdom
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