Foliejon Park

The building has been listed as Grade II since 7 December 1966[1][2] and was the temporary residence of King Haakon VII during the Nazi occupation of Norway.

[citation needed] It is mentioned in the 'Rotulorum Originalium Abbreviatio' that "the palaces of Hyremere and Belestre, commonly called folye Johan were taken by the King in 1313 as payment for debts of the bishop and assigned in 1317 to Oliver de Bordeaux for the rent of a red rose with license to surround the estate of Foly Johan and make it a park".

However, Edward III, wanting to unify Foliejon with Windsor Great Park, forcibly exchanged it for the manor of Eaton Hastings in the Vale of White Horse in 1359.

[5] During the German occupation of Norway in World War II, the King, Haakon VII, and his son Olav, resided at Foliejon Park from March 1942 to June 1945.

In 1957, the property was bought by Gerald T. Hodge as a conference centre for the company Mining and Chemical Products Ltd.[6] At that time it was the avenue of poplars planted in front of the residence, with seeds brought from his world travels.