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Joyce Grove 
Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England
Circa Date: 1908
Status: Fully Extant
Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England
Circa Date: 1908
Status: Fully Extant
Special Info / Location/ Date
Special Info
Phonetic Pronunciation of House Name
Location
Country
England
District Today
Oxfordshire
Historic County
City / Town / Village
Nettlebed
Latitude
51.576328
Longitude
-0.99131
Date
Start Date
Completion Date
Circa Date
1908
Images
Architects
Extant / Listed / References
Extant
Extant Type
Fully Extant
Extant Details
Listed
House Listed As
Grade II
Gardens Listed As
Not Listed
On SAVE Britain's Heritage's List of Buildings at Risk
No
Country House: Yes
References
Vitruvius Britannicus
Vitruvius Scoticus
J.B. Burke (Burke's Visitation of Seats)
Country Life
J.P. Neale (Neale's Views of Seats)
Access / Ownership / Seat
Access
Open to Public Please note: Houses listed as being open "By Appointment" are usually country house hotels or B&Bs.
No
Historic Houses Association Member
Phone Number If calling from the U.S., delete the first "0" in British numbers.
Fax Number
Email
Website
Awards
Current Ownership
Current Ownership Type
Private Non-Profit
Primary Current Ownership Use
Hospital / Nursing Home / Recovery Center
Current Ownership Use / Details
Now a Sue Ryder Home
Seat ("Seat" is loosely defined
as any family that occupied the house for a period of 2 years or more)
Today Seat of
A Past Seat(s) of
Fleming family.
Possible (Unsure) Seat of
History / Gardens & Park / Movies
History
Earlier House(s) / Building(s)
House Replaced By
Built / Designed For
Robert Fleming
House & Family History
Joyce Grove is a Jacobethan style house built in 1908 of red brick with Bath stone dressings; it once had 44 bedrooms. Robert Fleming (1845-1933), who founded the merchant bank Fleming & Company in 1909, purchased the Joyce Grove Estate in 1903, which included 2,000 acres, cottages, kilns, and clayworks. Robert's grandson, Peter Fleming, donated Joyce Grove House to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in 1940 for use as a convalescent home; in 1979 the House became a Sue Ryder Home for palliative care. In November 2011 Sue Ryder announced that it was putting Joyce Grove up for sale, with the intention to vacate the building in 2013. Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond and author of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," was the brother of Peter Fleming and the grandson of Robert Fleming. The current members of the Fleming family live locally and still run the Joyce Grove Estate.
Collections
This field lists art objects that are currently or were previously in the collection of the house.
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Comments
Gardens & Park
Garden, Park, Follies and Outbuildings
Chapel & Church
Many members of the Fleming family have been laid to rest in the Nettlebed churchyard.
Movies
Location for Movies / TV
"Jeeves and Wooster" (1992 - TV series - in the episode "Right Ho, Jeeves" [aka "The Mating Season," aka "Bertie Takes Gussie's Place at Deverill Hall"], Joyce Grove was Deverill Hall). "Midsomer Murders" (2008 - TV series, as Bledlow Manor in the episode "Blood Wedding").
Bibliography
| Author | Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus |
| Year Published | 1974 |
| Reference | pg. 715 |
Related Resources
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