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== Movie and television location ==
== 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.<ref>Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/houses_detail.asp?ID=7359. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> Stock footage of Joyce Grove was used in the 2000 biographical documentary "Ian Fleming: 007's Creator".<ref>Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK", IMDB, http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Joyce%20Grove,%20Nettlebed,%20Oxfordshire,%20England,%20UK. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> In the "Midsomer Murders" TV series, Joyce Grove was Bledlow Manor for the 2008 episode "Blood Wedding".<ref>Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/houses_detail.asp?ID=7359. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> Joyce Grove was shown as the exterior of Meadowbrook School for the 2009 TV series episode "Agatha Christie's Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons".<ref>Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/houses_detail.asp?ID=7359. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> Filming of the documentary "The Real Casino Royale" was done at several locations including Joyce Grove.<ref>Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK", IMDB, http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Joyce%20Grove,%20Nettlebed,%20Oxfordshire,%20England,%20UK. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> In 2013, a film shoot was held at Joyce Grove for a movie about World War II code breaker Alan Turing.<ref>Hoffmire, Shelley, "Benedict Cumberbatch in a film shoot at Nettlebed", Curiouser and Curiouser, http://shoffmire.blogspot.com/2013_09_01_archive.html. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref>
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.<ref>Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/houses_detail.asp?ID=7359. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> Stock footage of Joyce Grove was used in the 2000 biographical documentary "Ian Fleming: 007's Creator".<ref>Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK", IMDB, http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Joyce%20Grove,%20Nettlebed,%20Oxfordshire,%20England,%20UK. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> In the "Midsomer Murders" TV series, Joyce Grove was Bledlow Manor for the 2008 episode "Blood Wedding".<ref>Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/houses_detail.asp?ID=7359. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> Joyce Grove was shown as the exterior of Meadowbrook School for the 2009 TV series episode "Agatha Christie's Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons".<ref>Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/houses_detail.asp?ID=7359. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> Filming of the documentary "The Real Casino Royale" was done at several locations including Joyce Grove.<ref>Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK", IMDB, http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Joyce%20Grove,%20Nettlebed,%20Oxfordshire,%20England,%20UK. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref> In 2013, the movie [[The Imitation Game]] was shot at Joyce Grove, about World War II code breaker [[Alan Turing]].<ref>Hoffmire, Shelley, "Benedict Cumberbatch in a film shoot at Nettlebed", Curiouser and Curiouser, http://shoffmire.blogspot.com/2013_09_01_archive.html. Retrieved January 9, 2014.</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:43, 14 November 2014

Joyce Grove is a country house Jacobean style manor estate in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England. It is owned by Sue Ryder National Charity which operates 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.

Completed in 1908,[2] Joyce Grove Mansion is a large Jacobean style building designed by famous landscape architect Charles Edward Mallows (1864–1915) for Robert Fleming (1845–1933), founder of Robert Fleming and Co. merchant bank.

According to news reports, Sue Ryder Palliative Care will offer hospice services at Nettlebed Care Facility (Joyce Grove) until the completion of their purpose-built Townlands building in Henley in 2015.[3]

Joyce Grove Mansion is a Grade 2 Listed (protected) Building on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest in the UK.[4]

History

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 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 authorized noted landscape architect Charles Edward Mallows of Bedford and London to build a large Jacobean style house with 44 bedrooms and gardens. The main construction material was red brick with Bath stone dressings.

In 1908, the new Joyce Grove mansion and gardens was completed.[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 at Joyce Grove mansion damaged the roof and the mansion was 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]

On 13 February 1985, Joyce Grove was designated a Grade II Building in the UK.[14]

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.[15] However, the project was delayed due to the re-structure of the NHS and the transfer of palliative services will take place in spring of 2015.[16]

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.[17] Stock footage of Joyce Grove was used in the 2000 biographical documentary "Ian Fleming: 007's Creator".[18] In the "Midsomer Murders" TV series, Joyce Grove was Bledlow Manor for the 2008 episode "Blood Wedding".[19] Joyce Grove was shown as the exterior of Meadowbrook School for the 2009 TV series episode "Agatha Christie's Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons".[20] Filming of the documentary "The Real Casino Royale" was done at several locations including Joyce Grove.[21] In 2013, the movie The Imitation Game was shot at Joyce Grove, about World War II code breaker Alan Turing.[22]

References

  1. ^ Staff, "Nettlebed", Sue Ryder Organization. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  2. ^ The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire By Nikolaus Pevsner Oxfordshire (1974) (with Jennifer Sherwood) Penguin ed. p. 405 ISBN 9780140710458
  3. ^ Staff, "Hospice move to Townlands", Henley Standard, 21/11/11, News. Retrieved January 9, 2014
  4. ^ http://www.oxfordshirevillages.co.uk/southoxonvillages/nettlebed.html Retrieved January 9, 2014
  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, Nikolaus“The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire By Oxfordshire (with Jennifer Sherwood)” Penguin ed. p. 405 (1974) ISBN 9780140710458
  7. ^ Staff, "NETTLEBED - A BRIEF HISTORY", http://www.nettlebed.org.uk, Parish Council, http://www.nettlebed.org.uk/nettlebed_history.htm Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  8. ^ Staff, "Turning Back the Pages", Henley Standard, 18/11/2013. 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, "Hospice move to Townlands", Henley Standard, 21/11/11. Retrieved January 9, 2014
  11. ^ Margaret Mosley, "A Memorable 'stay' at Joyce Grove - Nettlebed", Francis Frith. Retrieved January 10, 2014
  12. ^ Publicly sourced, "Sue Ryder Home Joyce Grove",BBC.co.uk. British broadcasting company, 1986 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-468000-186000/page/10. Retrieved January 9, 2014
  13. ^ Publicly sourced, "Sue Ryder Home Joyce Grove",BBC.co.uk. British broadcasting company, 1986 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-468000-186000/page/10. Retrieved January 9, 2014
  14. ^ http://www.oxfordshirevillages.co.uk/southoxonvillages/nettlebed.html. Retrieved January 9, 2014
  15. ^ Staff, "Hospice move to Townlands", www.henleystandard.co.uk, Henley Standard, 21/11/11, News, http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1015204. Retrieved January 9, 2014
  16. ^ Trustees’ Report and Accounts 2012/13, Year ending 31 March 2013, p. 19, July 17, 2013, http://www.sueryder.org/About-us/~/media/E3D35EC672254439B4C415A54ADB65D0.ashx. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  17. ^ Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/houses_detail.asp?ID=7359. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  18. ^ Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK", IMDB, http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Joyce%20Grove,%20Nettlebed,%20Oxfordshire,%20England,%20UK. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  19. ^ Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/houses_detail.asp?ID=7359. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  20. ^ Dicamillo Companion website, Database of Houses, Joyce Grove Page http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/houses_detail.asp?ID=7359. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  21. ^ Most Popular Titles With Location Matching "Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England, UK", IMDB, http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Joyce%20Grove,%20Nettlebed,%20Oxfordshire,%20England,%20UK. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  22. ^ Hoffmire, Shelley, "Benedict Cumberbatch in a film shoot at Nettlebed", Curiouser and Curiouser, http://shoffmire.blogspot.com/2013_09_01_archive.html. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
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