The Royal Indian Asylum was closed in June 1892 and the remaining patients transferred to other institutions. The estate was sold to the Rothschild family for housing development for £31,000.
[1] Secretary of State for India [2] Lord Rothschild; Alfred Charles de Rothschild and Leopold de Rothschild, both of New Court, St Swithin's Lane London Plan of property
Royal Indian Engineering College Cooper's Hill, Egham Surrey
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Cooper's Hill estate near Egham in Surrey was purchased by the India Office in 1871 for £55,000 from Albert Grant. The conversion of the property was supervised by Matthew Digby Wyatt and the official opening took place in August 1872. Although the College closed in October 1906, the estate was n...