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4 viewsA new Craft Courtyard built at the west side of the building improved facilities for printmaking and pottery around a covered courtyard which is used for creative activities and demonstrations. Martin Donlin’s especially commissioned artwork enhances the architects' design.
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3 viewsIn 2002, the Park completed a major programme of refurbishment. A successful application for £3million from the Arts Council of England National Lottery Board, partnered with £1million from Bracknell Forest Borough Council, has created an exciting development of the mansion buildings. The scheme has transformed the interior of the old building into a purpose built art space. A New Atrium opened up the heart of the building and provides an attractive meeting place, a restaurant and bar featuring art works.
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3 viewsThey let South Hill Park to Ferranti in 1965 and it was used as laboratories and offices until early 1972 when proposals for its conversion to an Arts Centre and theatre were agreed. The house is now one of the largest and diverse arts facilities in the country. It also has a secondary reputation as one of the most haunted houses in Berkshire.
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6 viewsDuring the Second World War, South Hill Park was occupied by the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, which had been evacuated from Margate. After the War, it was divided into flats, but was purchased by the BBC in 1953 and parts were converted into studios and acoustically treated rooms. In 1963, the Bracknell Development Corporation acquired the house as part of an extension of the new town's designated coverage.
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4 viewsA plaque in the grounds records that he planted an oak tree there. Sir Arthur was in inherited the Haversham Barony in 1906, but he had no direct heirs and, in 1929, the house passed to his wife's nephew, a Major Rickman. This man is best known for shooting himself in the Gun Room in 1940.
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5 viewsTowards the end of the century, his son, Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, rebuilt most of the house following a disastrous fire. Under the direction of Temple Moore, the building we see today was erected in local Lawrence brick and Bath stone. The east wing of the original house was, however, retained within the new structure. The Hayter Coat of Arms, featuring three golden bulls' heads and a scallop shell can thus be seen over the main entrance. William Gladstone visited the Hayters at South Hill Park in 1893.
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