Luton, Luton Hoo c.1955
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Originally designed in 1767 by Robert Adam for the 3rd Earl of Bute, this unique counrty house was reconstructed in 1843 after a fire in which little of the original building was left untouched. The Hoo was subsequently remodelled in 1903 by the diamond entrepreneur Sir Julius Wernher, and housed the Wernher art collection until recent reversals in the family's affairs led to a sale of the property to an international hotel company. An additional claim to fame is that the-then HRH Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh spent part of their honeymoon here in 1947.
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