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Construction of the neo-classical building began in 1985 and cost around £40 million up to 2006. This is Hamilton Palace, designed for British multi-millionaire Nicholas van Hoogstraten, one of the wealthiest people in Sussex — you can see other people from Sussex who are richer than the Queen here. But there is a definite sense of unease. Picture date: Tuesday March 3, 2020. THIS is the crumbling £40MILLION "ghost mansion" that has been left to rot by a millionaire slum landlord for 33 years. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. While reading about Hamilton Palace that used to stand in the grounds of the Duke of Hamiltons estate here in Scotland I accidentally came across this Strange Hamilton Palace in Sussex (2015, construction, landlord) - United Kingdom - City-Data Forum Exquisite furniture, famed paintings, coveted objets d’art, the finest finds from antiquity: it was the hoard of a family Daniel Defoe once called ‘great possessors.’ In the 1980s housing boom he acquired more than 2,000 properties and had sold 90% of them by the 1990s. Stuck on the gate is a sign 'High Cross Estate, Private Property, Keep Out' written in capital letters. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. The enormous edifice is intended to house his collection of art and also includes his mausoleum. It appears not many have, with most recent photographs taken by drones and older photographs taken on site apparently when work was still ongoing. The vast Hamilton Palace near Uckfield in Sussex is the largest home built in Britain for a century (Image: Steve Parsons/PA Wire) Get the latest news from Sussex straight to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Hamilton Palace near Uckfield, East Sussex, the property belonging to landlord and property baron Nicholas Van Hoogstraten - now named Nicholas Adolf von Hessen - which began construction in 1985. Inside the part-built £40m+ Hamilton Palace, Uckfield, East Sussex, UK - construction commenced 1985 by notorious property baron Nicholas van Hoogstraten [x-post from r/abandoned] The closest glimpse you can get on foot is of a gated entrance onto the estate that gives nothing away, aside from a bricked unit and a large, white container. Nov 21, 2019 - Businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten - who is a personal friend of ex-Zimbabwean despot Robert Mugabe - has been building the £40 million palace, near Uckfield in East Sussex… Exquisite furniture, famed paintings, coveted objets d’art, the finest finds from antiquity: it was the hoard of a family Daniel Defoe once called ‘great possessors.’ It's been the subject of immense investment despite the fact that no one has ever lived in it and there is little sign that anyone ever will. Being interred at Hamilton Palace would accomplish that. Explore similar videos at Adobe Stock - FPAB4W from Alamy's library of millions of high … The property owner, Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, who began the construction of Hamilton Palace, in East Sussex in 1985, has long since left British shores to further his business interests in Zimbabwe. The enormous edifice is intended to house his collection of art and also includes his mausoleum. 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