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But for a sliding doors moment, Wanstead Park would be a world famous tourist attraction, rather than a lesser-visited London secret

The Temple, Wanstead Park, Aldersbrook (Sunday, September 18) In Tudor times there was a small manor house called Wanstead Hall, which was later acquired by King Henry VII. But the Wanstead House building, of which only the Temple and Grotto still remain, was built in 1760. After being passed around three families called the Childs, the Tylneys and the Longs, Catherine Tylney Long inherited the Palladian mansion in the early 1800s. Catherine became England’s richest heiress, before she married William Wellesley Pole. Their story ended sadly when his avid gambling meant the house h...