Coordinates: 51°40′47″N 0°12′54″W / 51.67961°N 0.21497°W
Dancers Hill House
Dancers Hill House is a Grade II listed house in Dancers Hill, Hertfordshire, England. The current house dates from c.1750–60, with later additions, and was probably built for , a Westminster builder, who leased 10 acres from for 80 years in 1750.[1][2] The grotto north-east of the house is also Grade II listed.[3]
The house has been used as a school, and during the Second World War it was part of Camp 33, which housed Italian prisoners of war.[4]
In 2018, the owners, Nigel and Melanie Walsh, who bought the house in 1992, offered it for sale by raffle,[5] with a winner being drawn in January 2020.[6]
References[]
- ^ Historic England. "Dancers Hill House (1103562)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ South Mimms: Manors. British History Online. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Grotto north-east of Dancers Hill House (1174539)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ^ Wharton, Jane (9 August 2018). "Inside £5,000,000 mansion that you can win in a raffle". Metro.co.uk.
- ^ "You can win this £5m mansion by purchasing a £13.50 raffle ticket no one won the raffle so kept it all to themselves". The Independent. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Competition Rules". Dancers Hill House.
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- Grade II listed houses in Hertfordshire
- Grottoes
- Neoclassical architecture in Hertfordshire
- Palladian architecture in England
- Buildings and structures completed in the 18th century
- Country houses in Hertfordshire
- Former school buildings in the United Kingdom
- World War II prisoner of war camps in England
- United Kingdom listed building stubs