Talk:Addington, Buckinghamshire

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Addington House, Addington Manor and the Mansion House

I'm trying to work out some personal confusion between Addington House, Addington Manor and the Mansion house to improve the article.

The article states: "A notable building in the village is the Mansion House, which is a 19th century building".

There is a very large 20th century neo-classical house in Addington, built on the site of the demolished Addington Manor by Bingham-Smith.

According to: http://lh.matthewbeckett.com/houses/lh_buckinghamshire_addingtonmanor.html

Is this the house now known as the Mansion House? Addington Manor now only referring to the Equestrian Centre? I've not determined if the neo-classical house has anything to do with the equestrian centre or is a private home.

http://addingtonmanor.co.uk/

Then there is Addington House a Queen Anne building, the one possibly used by the Czechs during WWII which apparently was also owned by Bingham-Smith according to http://www.czechsinexile.org/places/addingtonhouse-en.shtml http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/vipages/addington1.html

I believe it's this, matching the photos to google street view. http://g.co/maps/8au7m

Of course, it's quite possible that he owned both but it does raise the possibility that the Czechs were in the neo-classical house?

If I can find some better clarification I'll update the page. At the moment I've not worked out who currently owns the Neo-Classical house, or can I find any photos of it. However; I have noticed it has had some large additions and new gardens by comparing Bing maps and Google Maps images of the house which must have required some planning permission.

http://binged.it/wEM2Jd http://g.co/maps/h4bm4

Update: I have found some details. The Neo-Classical house is known as Addington Manor. The alterations took place between 2000-2002 by Sansome Hall. http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,site/id,40/Itemid,292/ http://www.sansomehall.co.uk/projects/residential/countryhouse/countryhouse_design.html

I'm not architectural expert, but I wouldn't describe the original brick fabric building as neo-classical as above, but rather Georgian.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuartea (talk • contribs) 20:55, 21 February 2012 (UTC)