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Surrey. 51°24′07″N 0°35′20″W / . 51.402°N 0.589°W. / 51.402; -0.589. Virginia Water is a commuter village in the Borough of Runnymede in northern Surrey, England. It is home to the Wentworth Estate and the Wentworth Club. The area has much woodland and occupies a large minority of the Runnymede district. Its name is shared ...
Virginia Water Lake lies on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park, in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey and the civil parishes of Old Windsor and Sunningdale in Berkshire, in England. It is a man-made lake taking its name from a natural body of water of the same name. There is a village of Virginia Water which stretches out to the east of ...
Holloway Sanatorium was an institution for the treatment of those suffering temporary mental illness, situated on 22 acres (9 ha) of aesthetically landscaped grounds near Virginia Water in Surrey, England, about 22 miles (35 km) south-west of Charing Cross. Its largest buildings, including one listed at Grade I, have been restored and ...
Riverside Walk, Virginia Water. Riverside Walk is a 21.2-hectare (52-acre) local nature reserve in Virginia Water, Surrey. It is owned by Runnymede Borough Council and managed by The Cabrera Trust Committee. [1] [2] This is a woodland site along the banks of the River Bourne. The wildlife is diverse and 250 plant species have been recorded ...
Four Mile Tree is the name of a plantation near Jamestown, Virginia that once encompassed two thousand acres (8 km 2 ), it was situated on the south bank of the James River opposite Jamestown, four miles (6 km) further north. On a hill near the water's edge a handsome old house overlooks the river. This plantation, was the seat of the Browne ...
The Surrey Hills National Landscape is a 422 km 2 (163 sq mi) National Landscape in Surrey, England. It comprises around one quarter of the land area of the county and principally covers parts of the North Downs and Greensand Ridge. [ 1][ 2] It was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in May 1958 [ 3] and was redesignated as a ...
A house was built at Potnalls, Potenall, Portenall, or Portnall Park by c. 1770.In 1804 Rev. Thomas Bisse (c1754-1828) exchanged it for some land at Tite Hill, Egham (probably land that had belonged to his wife's aunt Lydia Challoner (died 1803) with David Jebb, the younger son of Dr. John Jebb, Dean of Cashel (c1706-1787), and elder brother of John Jebb (reformer).
Cherry Hill (formerly Holthanger and Southern Court ), [1] is a modernist style house on the Wentworth Estate in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, designed by architect Oliver Hill and completed in 1935. Originally called Holthanger, it was renamed Southern Court and subsequently Cherry Hill. The property was commissioned by Katherine Hannah ...