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On the site of the former High Cross House, a former nursing home destroyed by a fire of unknown cause, [20] van Hoogstraten began constructing a private mansion he called Hamilton Palace, at Palehouse Common near Uckfield in East Sussex in the mid-1980s. [5]
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.
Jul 4, 2020 · Hamilton Palace in Uckfield is Nicholas van Hoogstraten's half-built and abandoned mansion bigger than Buckingham Palace. Development began in 1985 and has still not yet been completed. It's a house of truly jaw-dropping scale that was once said to be the most expensive private house built in Britain for a century.
Hamilton Palace was visited in January 1878 by Edward, Prince of Wales, Napoléon, Prince Imperial and Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria for game shooting in the High Parks, with their visit concluding with a grand ball with 400 guests.
Feb 24, 2024 · Hoogstraten's grandiose Hamilton Palace, has been branded the 'biggest slum in Britain' by furious locals near Uckfield, East Sussex, after being left to wrack and ruin.
Mar 16, 2016 · Building began on the £40m Hamilton Palace, near Framfield on the outskirts of Uckfield, by Nicholas van Hoogstraten in 1985. It was paused in 2006 after Mr Hoogstraten was forced by a court to...
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Nov 13, 2022 · Nine years ago, Mr van Hoogstraten told The Argus completing Hamilton Palace was not his top priority, with work at his properties in Hove coming first.
