Remnantz

Remnantz (the main house) in 2011
The stable block at Remnantz in 2009
As the Royal Military College in 1810

Remnantz is a country house in Marlow in Buckinghamshire. It is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England.[1]

History

The main house was built around 1720.[2]

In 1799, Colonel John Le Marchant established the Royal Military College, High Wycombe, a school for staff officers.[3] In 1801, Parliament voted a grant of £30,000 for more ambitious proposals, and in 1801 the school for staff officers at High Wycombe became the Senior Department of a new Military College.[3] In 1802, now the first Lieutenant Governor of the College, Le Marchant opened its Junior Department at Remnantz in West Street, Great Marlow.[4] A stable block, just to the south-east of the main house, was built around that time.[5] In 1811, the College moved to Sandhurst as the Junior Department of the Royal Military College.[6]

The house was acquired by Thomas Wethered, a brewer, in the first half of the 19th century and it was occupied by Lieutenant Commander Owen Wethered, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, in the 1960s.[7] The family business was Thomas Wethered & Sons Ltd, a brewery which operated in Marlow from 1758[8] until it closed in 1988.[9] Remnantz has been owned by the Bosley family since 2007.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England, "Remnantz (1275651)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 January 2020
  2. ↑ "The History of the Royal Military College" (PDF). High Wycombe Society. 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Sovereign's Parade Programme (RMA Sandhurst, April 2012)
  4. ↑ R. H. Thoumine, Scientific Soldier, a Life of General Le Marchant, 1766–1812 (Oxford University Press, 1968), pp. 61–79
  5. ↑ "Remnantz". Country House Marlow. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Page, William (1925). "'Parishes: Great Marlow', in A History of the County of Buckingham". London. pp. 65–77. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "No. 44540". The London Gazette. 5 March 1968. p. 2667.
  8. ↑ "Thomas Wethered & Sons Ltd". The Labologists Society. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Brewing Industry: Strategy for the Historic Industrial Environment". Brewery History Society for English Heritage. February 2010. p. 15. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Bosley's, The Military & Medal Auctioneers". Bosley's. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

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