18-625: Endsleigh may refer to: Endsleigh Cottage , former country house of the Dukes of Bedford in Devon, England Endsleigh Insurance , British insurance intermediary Endsleigh League , or English Football League, sponsorship name of the EFL 1993–1996 See also [ edit ] Endsley , a surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
36-551: A former Duke on the extensive Bedford Estate are named after the family's Devon property. Hussey described it as "the outstanding and probably most nearly perfect surviving instance of a romantic cottage orné, devised for an aristocratic owner under the influence of the taste for the picturesque". The site was chosen by the Duchess, as a plaque in the stables records. It consists of a main range with two swept-back wings on either side. The roofline displays several chimney stacks in
54-471: A private family residence, to the designs of Sir Jeffry Wyatville , in the style of the picturesque movement , and is a grand form of the cottage orné . It has been a Grade I Listed Building since 21 March 1967. It was situated within the manor of Milton Abbot , a former manor belonging to Tavistock Abbey , which had been granted with its lands by King Henry VIII to his ancestor John Russell, 1st Baron Russell (created in 1550 1st Earl of Bedford ). It
72-575: Is a country house near Milton Abbot , about 6 miles NW of Tavistock, Devon in England. It is a Grade I listed building . The gardens are Grade I listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens . The house was built in the early 19th century for the Duke of Bedford . Today, it is a hotel. The house was built between 1810 and 1816 by John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford , as
90-652: Is an estate in central London owned by the Russell family, which holds the peerage title of Duke of Bedford . The estate was originally based in Covent Garden , then stretched to include Bloomsbury in 1669. The Covent Garden property was sold for £2 million in 1913 by Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford , to the MP and land speculator Harry Mallaby-Deeley , who sold his option to the Beecham family for £250,000;
108-630: Is situated on the east bank of the River Tamar , over which it commands superb views to the south and west. Pevsner stated that "the situation of Endsleigh can hardly be matched". It was usefully positioned as a residence whilst the Duke, normally residing at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, was inspecting his extensive Bedford estates in Devon and Cornwall. Before the Civil War , when in Devon
126-730: Is the largest private landowner in Bloomsbury and is managed from the Bedford Office in Montague Street, within the estate. The main Bedford Estate originally extended between Tottenham Court Road , Euston Road , Southampton Row , and New Oxford Street . There were also two separate parts on the other side of Tottenham Court Road and Euston Road. To the south, the Covent Garden Estate north of
144-767: The Earl of Bedford resided occasionally at Bedford House in Exeter , built by the family on the site of the Blackfriars Monastery , which had been granted, along with many other lands, to the first Earl of Bedford after the Dissolution of the Monasteries . Endsleigh was also used by the family as a summer holiday home and salmon-fishing lodge. The London streets Endsleigh Street, Endsleigh Gardens and Endsleigh Place, leading off Tavistock Square, all built by
162-500: The Elizabethan style and dormer windows. The east wing was principally a service range, whilst the west wing is in the form of a pavilion known as the "Children's Cottage" linked by a rustic colonnade to the central block. The landscaping was designed by Humphry Repton and the grounds originally comprised a plantation of 300 acres, including a thickly wooded slope going down to the river, and gardens of 20 acres. The buildings in
180-490: The end of the development. Eventually, the entire estate north of Russell Square was filled with squares and houses. John Russell was also responsible for the building of the Covent Garden Market to the south of the main estate. Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford (1858–1940) succeeded to the title in 1893. By then, there was a move against the owners of large estates. Herbrand Russell began to sell off
198-485: The estates under his control. The sale contract for Covent Garden was signed in 1914 and finalised with Sir Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) in 1918. The British Museum and the University of London replaced large parts of the estate and the remnants are owned by The Bedford Estates , mainly residential property that has been converted for office and hotel use, together with private residential property. The company
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#1732790183884216-818: The grounds include the Shell Grotto , a polygonal summer-house and the Swiss Cottage, restored by the Landmark Trust with a thatched roof. Also, the Dairy Dell, by Repton, Pond Cottages by a pool and the octagonal Dairy surrounded by a loggia , and the Holy Well, part of which is an ancient structure formerly situated at Leigh Barton, and used as the baptismal font of the hunting seat of the Abbots of Tavistock Abbey. The following structures as well as
234-401: The main house are Grade I listed: Rockery and Grotto , Stables, Salmon Larder and Ice House , Shell House and Grotto. Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford died in 1953, aged 64, as a result of a gunshot wound in the grounds of Endsleigh. The coroner recorded his death as accidentally inflicted, but his elder son suggested it may have been deliberately self-inflicted. In 2004 Endsleigh
252-544: The sale was finalised in 1918. In 1669, the Bloomsbury Estate came into ownership of the Russell family when William, son of William Russell, 1st Duke and 5th Earl of Bedford (1616–1700), married Lady Rachel Vaughan, one of the daughters of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton (1607–1667). She had recently inherited the agricultural fields now known as Bloomsbury from her father. Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765–1802) came of age in 1786. He
270-498: The title Endsleigh . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Endsleigh&oldid=1244833663 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Endsleigh Cottage Endsleigh Cottage (now "Endsleigh House")
288-565: The west. Francis Russell commissioned James Burton , the pre-eminent property developer of Georgian London, to develop the land into a residential area in which Russell Square would be the focal point, and which would be landscaped by Humphrey Repton , who had impressed Francis Russell with his work on the Woburn estate. The development of Bloomsbury was continued by Francis Russell's brother, John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766–1839). The firm of Thomas Cubitt (1788–1855) were involved towards
306-577: Was a spendthrift gambler, with an interest in farming on the Woburn estate. However, he was not interested in Bedford House in Bloomsbury, instead living in the West End . In 1800, the contents of Bedford House were put up for auction and the house was demolished. It was replaced by a wide avenue, Bedford Place , leading north to the large Russell Square , with Montague Street running parallel to
324-440: Was owned by a fishing syndicate. Since 2005 it has been a hotel, which retains 108 acres (44 ha) of the grounds. Hotel Endsleigh is owned by Olga Polizzi and has been managed by her daughter, Alex Polizzi , known as the host of Channel 5 's The Hotel Inspector since 2008. 50°35′06″N 4°16′27″W / 50.5849°N 4.2742°W / 50.5849; -4.2742 Bedford Estate The Bedford Estate
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