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TIMELINES PREVIOUS | NEXT | LIST ALL TIMELINES Wanstead House 1549 The lordship of the manor, the park and the advowson of Wanstead is passed to Lord Richard Rich by Edward VI. 1619 George Villiers sells the estate to Sir Henry Mildmay, Master of the King's Jewel House. 1667 Sir Josiah Child purchases the estate. 1715 Sir Richard Child commissions Scottish architect Colen Campbell to design plans for a palatial mansion that would become in the east of London what Hampton Court was in the west. 1784 The 2nd Earl Tylney dies, leaving no heir. The earldom becomes extinct and the estate passes to his nephew, Sir James Long. 1794 Sir James Long dies, leaving the estate to his infant son and heir, James. 1802 Exiled from France, Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, establishes his base at Wanstead House. 1805 The young Sir James dies at the age of just 11, leaving his eldest sister Catherine Tylney-Long to inherit the estate, making her one of the richest heiresses in the country. 1822 An auction is held at Wanstead House to sell off all its contents to pay off the owner's huge debts. 1823 The building, reputed to have cost £360,000, was sold for £10,000 to a group of Norwich tradesmen for use as building material, on the condition that the building be completely demolished before Lady-day of 1825. 1824 Wanstead House is demolished. After the building is broken up and sold off, only the foundations remain. 1880 The Corporation of London acquires a large part of the former estate with the intention of creating a public park and woodland. 1882 Wanstead Park opens to the public