Winterfold House

He was the elder son of Edward I'Anson JP, born in London and educated at Cheltenham College and Cambridge University.

In partnership with his father Edward I'Anson they had earlier made a successful major refurbishment to Fetcham Park House Surrey.

The estate covers around 212 acres, situated in the Surrey hills, close to the village of Cranleigh north east along Barhatch Lane.

Sir Richard Webster QC, afterwards Viscount Alverstone (1886-1915) The house was built in 1886 designed by London architect Edward Blakeway I'Anson (1843-1912),[3] in a classic late Victorian style, for Richard Webster QC later Viscount Alverstone who laid out grounds with flowering trees and shrubs.

Celine, the eldest daughter of a London-based Greek stockbroker Demosthenes George Pappa and French-born wife, Franceska Jacobi, born in Paris.

One particular red-flowered species (Rhododendron barbatum Wallich ex G. Don 1834) won an Award of Merit when exhibited by Winterfold House in 1934.

Prospecting for good agent material was the job of SOE's newly appointed SAB established in June 1943 by a small team of psychologists, psychiatrists and military staff.

Amongst the many recruits that attended Winterfold included Muriel Byck, Andrée Borrel, Denise Bloch, Noor Inyat Khan (Nora Baker) – a descendant of Indian Muslim royalty[7] and Violette Szabo GC.

It was attended by Tania Szabó, the daughter of heroine Violette Szabo, together with representatives from the USA, Dutch and French embassies and from the Canadian High Commission.

At one stage during the hunt for the thieves, suspicion fell on Winterfold House above Cranleigh where a police raid took place searching for some of the train robbers, but nothing was found.

Later in the same vicinity some of the proceeds were discovered: £100,900 in a bag in Redlands Wood, a beauty spot two miles from Dorking, and a further £30,435 in a caravan on Box Hill Surrey.

Joint auctioneers Weller Eggar, 4 Quarry Street, Guildford and John D Wood & Co, 23 Berkeley Square, London.

Winterfold House stands in its own grounds of 4½ acres, when converted it will provide the following accommodation: entrance lobby and cloakroom, hall with pipe organ, 3 interconnecting reception rooms, kitchen, 7 bedrooms, 3 of which are en suite and bathroom.