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Joyce Grove is a country house built in a Jacobethan style in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England. It is owned by Sue Ryder (charity) which, until March 2020 operated its Nettlebed Palliative Care Facility at Joyce Grove at Nettlebed in Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire. [1] Joyce Grove is located approximately 67 kilometres (42 mi) west of London.

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Completed in 1908, [2] Joyce Grove is a large Jacobethan style building designed by Charles Edward Mallows (1864–1915) for Robert Fleming (1845–1933), founder of Robert Fleming and Co. merchant bank. Joyce Grove is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. [3] [4]

History

Lodge at the entrance gate of Joyce Grove Lodge at entrance to Sue Ryder Hospice (geograph 5331873).jpg
Lodge at the entrance gate of Joyce Grove

As early as 1637 Joyce Grove, named for Cornet George Joyce, was sold to James Thompson of Wallingford.

By 1840, Joyce Grove was registered as a freehold estate of 33 acres belonging to John Toovey. London businessman H. H. Gardiner purchased Joyce Grove estate in 1894.

Joyce Grove estate, including a William and Mary style manor house dating from 1725, [5] was incorporated into the main Nettlebed estate in 1895.

In 1903, Robert Fleming, a Scottish banker, purchased the Nettlebed Estate which included 2000 acres, cottages, clayworks, and Joyce Grove estate with its manor house and land. Shortly after purchasing Joyce Grove, Robert Fleming tore down the older manor house and in its place he commissioned Charles Edward Mallows of Bedford and London to build a replacement. The main construction material was red brick with Bath stone dressings. The house was completed in 1908. [6] The huge building and its grounds provided many jobs for residents of Nettlebed as gardeners, servants, and grooms. [7]

On November 14, 1913, a fire damaged the roof and the mansion was rebuilt and enlarged. [8]

Robert Fleming's grandson, Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, spent much of his childhood at Joyce Grove.

At Robert Fleming's death in 1933, his son Philip Fleming inherited the entire Nettlebed estate including Joyce Grove. In 1937, Philip gave Joyce Grove to Peter Fleming, his nephew. The next year, Peter donated it to St Mary's Hospital, [9] who used it as a convalescent home. [10]

By the 1950s, St Mary's Hospital had partnered with Royal Berkshire Hospital to train nurses at Joyce Grove. [11]

Sue Ryder Charity purchased Joyce Grove mansion and estate from St Mary's [12] and opened Joyce Grove as the Nettlebed Palliative Care Hospice, in 1979. [13]

In November 2011 Sue Ryder Charity announced that the hospice was for sale and that they intended to vacate the building in 2013 when palliative care was to be transferred to Townlands Community Hospital in Henley-on-Thames. [14] However, the project was delayed due to the re-structure of the NHS, so the transfer of palliative services was scheduled to take place in May 2016. [15] In December 2014 however, Sue Ryder announced that they would no longer be moving to 'Townlands' and would continue providing care at Nettlebed Hospice. [16] In January 2022 it was announced that the site had been sold to Beechcroft Developments of Wallingford for conversion to a residential care home. [17]

Movie and television location

Joyce Grove has been a filming location for British television shows, documentaries and one movie. Joyce Grove was Deverill Hall in the episode "Right Ho, Jeeves" from Jeeves and Wooster, a 1992 TV series. [18] Stock footage of Joyce Grove was used in the 2000 biographical documentary "Ian Fleming: 007's Creator". [19] In the "Midsomer Murders" TV series, Joyce Grove was Bledlow Manor for the 2008 episode "Blood Wedding". [18] Joyce Grove was shown as the exterior of Meadowbrook School for the 2009 TV series episode " Agatha Christie's Poirot : Cat Among the Pigeons" and also as Hunterbury House for the 2003 TV series episode " Agatha Christie's Poirot : Sad Cypress". [20] [18] Filming of the documentary "The Real Casino Royale" was done at several locations including Joyce Grove. [19] In the 2013 movie The Imitation Game, about World War II code breaker Alan Turing, Joyce Grove was used for exterior shots of Bletchley Park. [21] It will feature in HBO's new UK-based fantasy/super hero show The Nevers . [22]

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References

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  2. ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner, Jennifer Sherwood, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire (1974) Penguin ed. p. 405 ISBN   9780140710458
  3. ↑ Historic England, "Sue Ryder Home (1181065)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 15 December 2016
  4. ↑ "Nettlebed". Oxfordshire Villages.
  5. ↑ Mackay, Ralph, From Bonds to James Bond: Reflections on Ian Fleming and his Fictional Hero, Chumley & Pepys On Books, March 27, 2012, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ Pevsner p405
  7. ↑ "nettlebed.org.uk". Nettlebed.
  8. ↑ Staff (November 18, 2013). "Turning Back the Pages". Henley Standard . Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ Image, Written on a plaque in the main entrance hall of Joyce Grove. "Reading HOC" Honda Owners Club. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  10. ↑ Staff (November 21, 2011). "Hospice move to Townlands". Henley Standard. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ Mosley, Margaret. "A Memorable 'stay' at Joyce Grove - Nettlebed". Francis Frith. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  12. ↑ Publicly sourced, "Sue Ryder Home Joyce Grove", British broadcasting company, 1986 Retrieved January 9, 2014
  13. ↑ Retrieved January 9, 2014
  14. ↑ "Staff, "Hospice move to Townlands", Henley Standard, 21/11/11, News, Retrieved January 9, 2014".
  15. ↑ "Henley Standard article on March 23, 2014, 'Townlands redevelopment finally gets go-ahead', retrieved November 16, 2014".
  16. ↑ "Henley on Thames News | Sue Ryder snubs Townlands Hospital move". www.henleystandard.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-06-25.
  17. ↑ https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/home/169418/breaking-developer-buys-former-hospice.html
  18. 1 2 3 "Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page Retrieved January 9, 2014".
  19. 1 2 "IMDb: Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK"". IMDb.
  20. ↑ "Poirot Locations - Cat Among the Pigeons - Nettlebed, Oxfordshire".
  21. ↑ "Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Imitation Game" film shoot at Nettlebed". shoffmire.blogspot.co.uk. 17 March 2014.
  22. ↑ "Joyce Grove used as location for American TV series".

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