Fawley Court
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Fawley Court is a country house, with large mixed-use grounds standing on the west bank of the River Thames at Fawley in the English county of Buckinghamshire. Its former deer park extended east into the Henley Park area of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire that abuts it to the south. Following World War II, it was run as Divine Mercy College by the Polish Congregation of Marian Fathers, with its associated library, museum and was one of the cultural centres for the Polish minority in the United Kingdom until its closure and sale in 2009. It is listed at Grade I for its architecture.[1]
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Fawley Court | |
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Type | House |
Location | Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England |
Coordinates | 51.5516°N 0.8978°W / 51.5516; -0.8978 |
Built | 17th and 18th centuries |
Architect | attributed to Sir Christopher Wren and Capability Brown |
Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical |
Governing body | Privately owned |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Fawley Court |
Designated | 7 July 1952 |
Reference no. | 1125740 |
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