page_title: Stratfield Saye House
section_title: Purchase by the state
hierarchical_section_title: Stratfield Saye House / Purchase by the state
caption_attribution_description: English: Coachhouse, Stratfield Saye. Showing the 17th/19th century stable block on the northern side of the western approach to Stratfield Saye House. The house itself is in SU7061. See also 1420495.
context_page_description: Stratfield Saye House is a large stately home at Stratfield Saye in the north-east of the English county of Hampshire. It has been the home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817.
context_section_description: The estate was purchased by the state in 1817, in order that it could be given by a grateful nation to the victorious Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The government gave £600,000 for the construction of a proposed "Waterloo Palace" to rival Blenheim Palace, home of the Dukes of Marlborough. The Hampshire site Wellington chose was the 5,000-acre (20 km²) estate of Stratfield Saye, home of the Pitt family. He was advised on the purchase by the architect Benjamin Dean Wyatt who had once been his private secretary. He originally planned to demolish the existing house, and replace it with a more prestigious home, to be known as Waterloo Palace. The Duke abandoned these plans in 1821 when they proved to be too expensive, and subsequently made numerous additions and improvements to the existing building. All but the 1st and 6th Dukes are buried at Stratfield Saye House.
caption: The coachhouses and stable blocks at Stratfield Saye House.
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