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  1. The first house on the Claremont estate was built in 1708 by Sir John Vanbrugh, the Restoration playwright and architect of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, for his own use. This "very small box", as he described it, stood on the level ground in front of the present mansion.

  2. Overview. Heritage Category: Listed Building. Grade: II. List Entry Number: 1369791. Date first listed: 20-Mar-1970. List Entry Name: CLAREMONT HOUSE. Statutory Address: CLAREMONT HOUSE, 1, MARKET SQUARE. Go to the official list entry. The Missing Pieces Project. Share your view of unique places. Add your contribution.

  3. It occupies the main building, some of its outhouses and part of the original grounds, used as playing fields. It also owns the Belvedere (see TQ1363 : Belvedere Tower, Claremont Landscape Garden). The house is grade 1 listed – see Link. Some of outbuildings are grade II or grade II* listed, as are the entrance gates and lodges on Claremont Lane.

  4. The house is an example of English Baroque and a Grade I listed building. The architect is uncertain although William Winde, the designer of Buckingham House, has been suggested. The grounds were laid out by George London and Henry Wise with a formal parterre and a double elm avenue leading down to a lake.

  5. Claremont House is a Grade II listed building in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building.

  6. Claremont House comprises a Grade II listed Georgian building fronting Market Square in Bicester, with an interconnected two-storey building to the rear. The front original part currently provides executive offices over the ground, first and second floors, together with attic storage.

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    The first house on the Claremont estate was built in 1708 by Sir John Vanbrugh, the Restoration architect of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, for his own use. This "very small box", as he described it, stood on the level ground in front of the present mansion.