Winfield House

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Winfield House is a mansion set in 12 acres (49,000 m²) of grounds in Regent's Park, London, England - the largest private garden in or close to central London after that of Buckingham Palace. Since 1955, it has been the official ambassadorial residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. The first house on the site was Hertford Villa, the largest of the eight villas originally built in the park as part of John Nash's development scheme. Later the Georgian villa was known as St Dunstan's, because of the distinctive church clock that hung in front of it. Occupants of the villa included the Marquesses of Hertford, newspaper proprietor Lord Rothermere, and the American financier Otto H. Kahn. (Kahn lent it during World War I to a new charity for blinded servicemen, from which St Dunstan's takes its name.) The villa was damaged by fire in the 1930s and was subsequently purchased by the American heiress Barbara Hutton, who demolished it. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] Modeled with Building Maker