Titsey Place and Gardens | |
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Type | Charitable trust |
Location | Near Oxted in Surrey, England |
Coordinates | 51°16′38″N 0°00′57″E / 51.2773°N 0.0159°E |
Area | 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) |
Created | 1979 |
Operated by | The Titsey Foundation |
Website | www.titsey.org |
Titsey Place is an English country house near Oxted in Surrey, England. It was successively the seat of the Gresham and Leveson-Gower families and is now preserved by a charitable trust for the nation.
The house has its origins in a 16th-century house, which was built by Sir John Gresham (1495–1556) on the site of an earlier dwelling. The mostly Tudor house was demolished and rebuilt in the 18th century, before being refronted in 1826. Finally a tower was added in 1856.