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2. www.sussexlive.co.uk › news › historyThe huge and hauntingly abandoned Sussex mansion left to rot

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   Oct 10, 2021 · But, 35 years after work on the enormous £40 million mansion began in 1985, it remains no more than a huge shell and has been dubbed the 'Ghost House of Sussex', lying mostly abandoned. This is Hamilton Palace, designed for British multi-millionaire Nicholas van Hoogstraten.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nicholas_van_HoogstratenNicholas van Hoogstraten - Wikipedia

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   On the site of the former High Cross House, a former nursing home destroyed by a fire of unknown cause, van Hoogstraten began constructing a private mansion he called Hamilton Palace, at Palehouse Common near Uckfield in East Sussex in the mid-1980s.

4. www.thesun.co.uk › money › propertyCrumbling £40m ghost mansion that's bigger than Buckingham ...

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   Sep 7, 2022 · Owned by convicted criminal and slum landlord Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, the mansion was built to house his art collection. Construction started in 1985 and what was once dubbed "the ghost of...

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5. metro.co.uk › 2024/02/25 › britains-worst-landlord‘Britain’s worst landlord’ leaves £41m mega-mansion to rot

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   Feb 25, 2024 · Nicholas van Hoogstraten, a controversial British businessman who’s served time in prison and a former associate of late Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe, has been building Hamilton Palace...

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6. www.theargus.co.uk › news › 23121712New pictures show state of Hamilton Place in Uckfield

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   Nov 13, 2022 · The Uckfield mansion is owned by millionaire businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten. One of his grand renovation plans included the gold-topped mausoleum which can be spotted in the new images.

7. www.sussexlive.co.uk › news › propertyThe half-built and abandoned Uckfield mansion built for a ...

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   Jan 3, 2021 · Hamilton Palace was designed for British multi-millionaire Nicholas van Hoogstraten, one of the wealthiest people in Sussex — you can read his story here. It's been the subject of immense investment despite the fact that no one has ever lived in it and there is little sign that anyone ever will.

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   Who is Nicholas van Hoogstraten?

   • Van Hoogstraten, a convicted criminal who is now 75 and goes by the name of Nicholas von Hessen, is a Sussex native born in Shoreham who owns dozens of properties in the area. He is said to have started making money selling stamps as a teenager before moving into property and, by the age of 22, had 350 properties in Sussex alone.

   Hamilton Palace in Uckfield: The huge and hauntingly abandoned Sussex

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   When did van Hoogstraten build Hamilton Palace?

   • On the site of the former High Cross House, a former nursing home destroyed by a fire of unknown cause, van Hoogstraten began constructing a private mansion he called Hamilton Palace, at Palehouse Common near Uckfield in East Sussex in the mid-1980s.

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   Could van Hoogstraten be a place for homeless people?

   • Mr van Hoogstraten, 75, has also ruled out offering the mansion as a place for homeless people or refugees to stay. He made his money in the 1960s as a landlord, and has had several brushes with the law, including a four-year jail sentence in 1986 for threatening with a grenade someone who was said to have owed him money.

   Crumbling Sussex mansion abandoned by millionaire developer 'is ... - L…

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   What happened to Hoogstraten?

   • Construction started in 1985 and what was once dubbed "the ghost of Sussex" has continued to attract attention since. In 1990 Hoogstraten, 77, caused an outcry in the community after he used razor wires and old refrigerators to block public paths. One local resident told The Mirror: "As far as I know nothing has changed.

   Crumbling £40m ghost mansion that's bigger than Buckingham ... - The …

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   Why did van Hoogstraten have a domed roof?

   • One entire floor was due to house van Hoogstraten's art collection. Today, the domed roof of the main building still rises over the top of the treeline and remains visible from a distance from the nearest set of houses in the hamlet of Palehouse Common.

   The half-built and abandoned Uckfield mansion built for a notorious

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   How old was Hoogstraten when he first bought a house?

   • Hoogstraten first bought an estate in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1964, aged 19. At around the same time he became friends with Tiny Rowland, who was then in charge of the London and Rhodesian Mining Company.

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9. www.lbc.co.uk › news › hamilton-palace-abandoned-slumCrumbling Sussex mansion abandoned by millionaire developer ...

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   Feb 24, 2024 · Hamilton Palace has been under construction since 1985, but its owner, property developer Nicholas van Hoogstraten, lives in Zimbabwe and appears to have abandoned it. His neighbours have complained that local people have taken to breaking in, taking drugs and drinking - and say it's unsafe.