DiCamillo Companion
England

Grovelands House (Southgate Grove)

  • Built / Designed For: Walker Gray

    House & Family History: Grovelands House today is part of The Priory Clinic. In 1998 Chilean General Augusto Pinochet was held under house arrest in Grovelands while he was a patient at The Priory Clinic.

  • Garden & Outbuildings: Part of the Estate was purchased by the Municipal Borough of Southgate in 1913 for use as a public park.

  • Architect: John Nash

    Date: 1797-98
    Designed: House for Walker Gray

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    Architect: Humphry Repton

    Designed: Landscape

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  • John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. I, p. 73, 1854.

  • House Listed: Grade I

    Park Listed: Grade II

  • Past Seat / Home of: Walker Gray, 18th century. John Donnithorne Taylor, 19th century; Taylor family here until 1914.

    Current Ownership Type: Medical Organization

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Hospital / Care Home / Recovery Center

    Ownership Details: Today part of The Priory Hospital, Roehampton.

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No