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length, and not once in sight of the house, till close upon it, yet can never be mistaken for any other way than it is". "Crossing the whole breadth of a lovely valley; the road is conducted along the bottom, continually winding in natural easy sweeps, and presenting at every bend some new scene to the view ... insensibly ascending, all the way". It finally "rises under a thick wood in the garden up to the house, where it suddenly bursts out upon a rich, and extensive prospect, with the town and the churches of Reading full in sight, and the hills of
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canteen) into editorial offices, and built a large new west wing to house the listening room. This included a new glazed atrium facing the original stable block. A new east wing was built in the 1990s. A further major building project in 2007–08 saw the west wing converted to house all of Monitoring's operational staff.
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In 2016, it was announced that BBC Monitoring would move to London, with the loss of a number of jobs. In late 2017, the BBC announced it was selling the Grade II-listed Caversham Park estate in an effort to save money on property costs. The BBC finally left Caversham Park after 75 years in November
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was printed in 1613. She was met by a 'Cynic' dressed as a wildman who debated with a 'Traveller' in elaborate costume. These two rode the short distance to the park gate and were met by two park keepers and two of Robin Hood's men, who sang for the queen in her coach. The entertainment continued in
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In major building works in the 1980s, Norman Lucey, Architect for the BBC Architectural & Civil Engineering Department restored the interior of the mansion, removed utilitarian brick buildings put up on the east side of the mansion during the war, converted the orangery (then being used as a
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described the approach to Lord Cadogan's Caversham as exemplary, an artful solution to its restrictive setting "confined within a narrow valley, without views, buildings or water", He praises the unequivocal statement of being a road to a grand house: "The approach to Caversham, though a mile in
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bought the house and about 120 hectares (300 acres) of the estate's remaining 730 hectares (1,800 acres). The principal of the school was Edward Pereira. The legacy of the estate's days as a school remains with a chapel building and graves for three boys, one of whom died during
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A large 10-metre (33 ft) diameter satellite dish was erected in the grounds in the early 1980s. It was later painted green (rather than white) to reduce its obtrusiveness. Shortwave aerials in front of the house were removed.
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was acquired by the BBC at the same time, to act as the service's receiving station and continues to function in that role. In 1945 1,000 people were working at the site.
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nicknamed the 'Iron King', had the house rebuilt over an iron frame, an early example for this technique. Jones inserted his seven-bay block between two
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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography, continued. Diary. Essays and controversial papers of the Revolution
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from the garden, appears to be part of it. A straight broad gravel walk passes before the front and parallel to it, terminated on the right by a
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The progresses, processions, and magnificent festivities, of King James the First, his royal consort, family, and court
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During the First World War, part of the building was used as a convalescent home for wounded soldiers. In 1923,
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A description of an entertainment at Caversham for Anne of Denmark in April 1613 written by
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In the 1980s, the formal name of the service was shortened to "BBC Monitoring".
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Caversham Park from the distance (also note the BBC satellite dish on the right)
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in 1940, the other two having died from accident and sickness in the 1920s.
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the hall of the house after dinner and concluded with masque dancing.
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temple style, with an impressive Corinthian colonnade. Marsack was
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dominating the wooded hill on the opposite side of the Thames.
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Memorials of Affairs of State from the papers of Ralph Winwood
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When approaching Reading via the A3290 (formerly part of the
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started to have the house rebuilt in 1718. A friend of the
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and English Heritage) which apparently survived the fire.
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with boundary changes in 1911. Caversham Park was home to
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than the present house. The estate was registered in the
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in Worcestershire, in Spring 1943. The nearby estate of
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was developed in the 1960s on some of the parkland. The
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of 1840 by John Thistlewood Crew (called J. T. Crews by
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The history of Caversham Park goes back to at least
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Caversham Park is located in Reading, Berkshire
BBC Monitoring
Grade II listed
Stately home
Neoclassical
Caversham, Berkshire
Coordinates
51°28′50″N 0°57′27″W / 51.4805°N 0.9574°W / 51.4805; -0.9574
William Crawshay II
Horace Jones
caversham-park.co.uk
Victorian
stately home
Caversham
Reading
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
BBC Monitoring
BBC Radio Berkshire
English Heritage Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Norman
Walter Giffard
William the Conqueror
manor house
castle
Thames
Domesday Book
Earl of Pembroke
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