A Storied Beginning Perched near present-day Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, Bletchley Park began its life as a quintessential English country estate. The site boasts a long history—first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086—and saw a significant architectural reincarnation in the late 19th century. In 1883, financier Sir Herbert Samuel Leon acquired the property and transformed a modest farmhouse and prior structure into an eclectic mansion, blending Victorian Gothic, Tudor Revival, and Dutch Baroque styles. The resulting house featured asymmetrical layouts, ornate gables, sumptuous interiors, reproduction Jacobean ceilings, marble arches, and a ballroom—making it as peculiar as it was grand....
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