King Edward's Place

[3] As Prince of Wales, and subsequently as King, Edward VII was a regular visitor to the house, and often accompanied by long-term mistress Lillie Langtry who stabled her horses at Foxhill.

After the first world war, it was bought by financier James "Jimmy" White, who made significant improvements to the house, including the addition of a stone entrance hall and sweeping staircase, as well as a heated greenhouse.

[5] The growing financial pressure led to him committing suicide in his bedroom at King Edward's Place on 28 June 1927.

[3] With the stud needing significant investment beyond the means of the family, it was sold to life assurance company Allied Dunbar, headquartered in nearby Swindon, to be their training centre.

[11] Allied Dunbar and Openwork shared the facilities at King Edward's Place, but the lack of direct salesforce meant that in 2006 Zurich announced their plans to sell the entire centre to be redeveloped as a hotel.

[14] During the Allied Dunbar and Zurich era, the grounds were also used by Swindon Town FC as a training facility and centre of excellence.

[24] The centre retains the 150 acre site of the training centre, and there a range of activity stations built around the grounds, such as towers for climbing and abseiling, high and low ropes course for activities such as giant swing and Jacob's ladder, zip wires from launch platforms, and archery butts for archery.

[23] The greenhouse on site, built by Jimmy White in 1914, is a Grade II listed building, and features on the Historic England register.