Barn Elms, Barnes
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Barnes and Mortlake – Barn Elms
1467 - Sir John Saye, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Edward IV, becomes the first recorded resident of Barn Elms, the manor house of Barnes
1579 - Queen Elizabeth buys the lease of Barn Elms for her spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham
1694 - Barn Elms is demolished by Thomas Cartwright, who replaces it with a country house in a contemporary style
1827 - William Cobbett leases the Home Farm of the Barn Elms estate
1827-31 - William Cobbett engages in experimental farming methods on the Barn Elms farm, and the publicity generated by his activities causes it to become known as Cobbett’s Farm
1884 - Barn Elms becomes the home of the Ranelagh Club and is soon famous for its polo matches
1954 - Barn Elms burns down, and its grounds are converted to school playing fields
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