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St George's Hill is a 964-acre (3.9 km 2) private gated community in Weybridge, Surrey, England Located 23 miles southwest of Central London and compromising more than 450 properties, the land that is now the contemporary St George's Hill estate was purchased by master builder W. G. Tarrant in 1911.
Kenwood is a house on the St George's Hill estate, Weybridge, Surrey, England. Originally called the Brown House, it was designed by architect T. A. Allen, and built in 1913 by Love & Sons, a local building firm. The estate was constructed around the Weybridge Golf Club, which was designed in 1912 by Harry Colt.
Hamstone House is a large detached house on the St George's Hill estate in the English county of Surrey. The house stands in 8 acres of grounds that are bordered by St George's Hill Golf Club. The house stands in 8 acres of grounds that are bordered by St George's Hill Golf Club.
Kinfauns was probably the home the Beatles gathered at most, as it was only a short drive from the homes of John Lennon and Ringo Starr (Sunny Heights), both in St George's Hill. It was where Harrison, Lennon and their wives retreated during their first LSD experience in 1965, and in May 1968, it was where many of the demo recordings for the ...
In 1912, builder W.G. Tarrant had started developing St George's Hill, Weybridge – a development of houses based on minimal 1-acre (0.40 ha) plots based around a golf course. In 1922, Tarrant acquired the development rights for the Wentworth Estate, getting Harry Colt to develop a golf course around the "Wentworth" house.
Walter George Tarrant (8 April 1875 – 18 March 1942) was a builder born in Brockhurst in the north of the port town of Gosport, Hampshire, England. He is best known as a Surrey master builder and developer of St Georges Hill and the Wentworth Estate in Surrey .
St George's Hill Golf Club and Clubhouse. St George's Hill Golf Course was designed by the architect Harry Colt and the first 18 holes opened in 1913. [204] The course was constructed on land owned by W. G. Tarrant, who intended the course to complement the surrounding housing development.
Where exactly in St. George's Hill the Diggers were is a matter of dispute. Sanders alleges that they worked "on that side of the hill next to Campe Close". [13] George Greenwood, however, speculated that the Diggers were "somewhere near Silvermere Farm on the Byfleet Road rather than on the unprofitable slopes of St. George's Hill itself". [14]