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With these delightful prospects in view, I wished to make Pitzhanger Manor-house as complete as possible for the future residence of the young Architect, whose classical education and the facilities and advantages he possessed would enable him to distinguish himself above his fellows in the practice of a profession calculated to increase domestic comfort and the refinements of civilised society.
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Sir John Soane, 1835
Pitzhanger Manor, located in what was then the village of Ealing, was the country residence of renowned British architect Sir John Soane. Acquired by Soane in 1800, he envisioned it as a showcase for his architectural collection and talents, as well as a family home intended to establish a dynasty of architects, beginning with his sons John and George.
Pitzhanger before Soane
A manor house had existed on the site of Pitzhanger since the seventeenth century, but in 1768 George Dance was commissioned to build an extension, on which a young John Soane had one of his first architectural apprenticeships.
Soane at Pitzhanger
In 1800, when the house came on the market, Soane bought it for £4,500, removing much of the original building but leaving one wing – the extension on which he had worked as a young man.
Soane built his Manor between 1800 and 1804: it is a laboratory of his most innovative designs, and a showcase of his talents: he would invite some of the most influential people of the day to dine at Pitzhanger, and used the house to show his clients what he could do for them.
Sir John Soane
One of Britain’s most influential architects
From 1800 to 1804 Sir John Soane, one of Britain’s most influential architects, designed and built Pitzhanger Manor as his dream country retreat in then rural Ealing.
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