Elegy House Stoke Poges

1950s modern house in stoke poges buckinghamshire it s also a house you might recognise too. Stoke poges situated just west of greater london has become a fashionable residential area with a famous golf club on the site of a manor house built by william penn the founder of pennsylvania. He was buried beside his beloved mother at stoke poges churchyard the scene of the elegy.

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Stoke court is located in the village of stoke poges is a semi rural buckinghamshire village located in the south of the county about three miles north of slough and one mile east of farnham common.

Elegy house stoke poges. His health was always frail. It was sent to his friend horace walpole who popularised the poem among london literary circles. Gray s elegy written in a country churchyard is believed to have been written in the churchyard of the church of england parish church of saint giles in stoke poges also known as the stoke poges church. This 8 bed freehold detached house is located at elegy house park road stoke poges slough sl2 4pe and has an estimated current value of 2 691 000.

Requiring some cosmetic refurbishment benefits from four bedrooms including master with en suite three reception rooms large. Elegy written in a country churchyard is a poem by thomas gray completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. Other churches have claimed the honour including st laurence s church upton cum chalvey and st mary s in everdon northamptonshire. Park road has 84 houses and flats on it with an average current value of 1 233 718 compared to an average property value of 425 368 for sl2.

The poem was a literary. At 55 gray suffered a violent attack of gout and died in his rooms at peterhouse on july 30 1771. Giles church this extraordinary five metre high monument of brick faced with portland stone captures the poet thomas gray s long association with the village of stoke poges and recognises his world famous elegy written in a country churchyard. The poem s origins are unknown but it was partly inspired by gray s thoughts following the death of the poet richard west in 1742.

Stoke poges family home no onward chain extended semi detached house located near the village centre of stoke poges. Elegy masterpiece it is believed that gray wrote his masterpiece the elegy written in a country churchyard in the graveyard of the church in stoke poges in 1750. The property is well located within 3 miles of from the junc on 16 m25 which is the a40 m40 intersec on. According to the agent the house is a coveted location for photo and film shoots and has featured in the likes of gq marie claire elle decoration and in episodes of the black mirror and the new bbc series gold digger.

Originally titled stanzas wrote in a country church yard the poem was completed when gray was living near st giles parish church at stoke poges. Thomas gray the poet is buried in the churchyard reputedly the setting for his elegy written in a country church yard published 1751. The village of stoke poges has erected quite a memorial to gray in honor of the poem.