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Donington Hall, Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Five centuries of rich history associated with this famous manorial, sporting and residential estate. From medieval hunting lodge to rambling Tudor mansion and finally Gothic residence. Following the death of Lord Donington the 5,000 acre estate was finally broken up and sold to pay crippling debts in 1931. Part became the Donington racetrack. Today, the house is the headquarters of BMi.

 

Donington Hall.
Original proposals by Humphrey Repton 1790.

2 Willow Road
Designed by the Hungarian modernist architect Ernö Goldfinger as his family home. Acquired by the National Trust after Goldfinger's death in 1987 and opened to the public in 1996 as "a record of a significant aspect of the cultural life of Britain between the two World Wars".

 

2 Willow Road, 1939.

Newspaper Groups
Illustrated histories of houses associated with those whose notorious deeds or celebrity relationships place them in the public eye.

Ray Mill House, Laycock, 1863.
Home to Camilla Parker Bowles after her divorce.
   
   
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