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First biulding is from 1336

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Polesden Lacey estate was purchased in 1902 by Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins, a civil servant who worked in the Colonial Office. He commissioned Ambrose Poynter, architect son of Sir Edward Poynter, to significantly extend Cubitt's work to create the present-day house. Sir Clinton, however died in 1905, shortly after its completion.

The estate was then bought in 1906 by William McEwan, for his daughter, Margaret Greville.Architects Charles Mewès and Arthur Davis, who were responsible for The Ritz Hotel, London, remodelled the house for the Grevilles. The couple filled the house with collections of fine furniture, porcelain, silver and art. Ronald Greville died in 1908 only two years after they had moved to Polesden Lacey. He was aged 46.

Margaret continued to entertain lavishly at the house. She also owned a home in London in which she held expensive parties. Over the next 30 years her reputation as an Edwardian society hostess became established.Read more