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All windows and doors were bricked up in Summer 2011. <br><b>Page Updated:</b> September 2011<BR> <br> Standing near to the Christchurch Road, west of Epsom is Hollywood Lodge. This ruined mansion of sandy-hued imitation stone and rendered brick was originally called Horton Lodge and stood in landscaped grounds which included a walled garden, stables, ornamental ponds and an icehouse. It was built in c.1760 on land from Horton Manor bequeathed by Charles Calvert, 5th Lord Baltimore to John Browning Esq. and the Hon. Louisa Browning (the latter being his daughter). The Hon. Louisa was widowed in c.1792 and lived here until 15 November 1821 when she died intestate, having been declared insane. The estate was subsequently sold and was owned for a time by a Jacob Henry Franks of Sloane Street. <br> Little is known of subsequent residents until Mr Henry Willis, a prominent Epsom businessman, benefactor and county cricketer who inherited it from his father in c. 1878. He died there in 1926, after which the house was purchased by the Epsom Hospitals Authority and became an annexe to West Park and The Manor Mental Hospitals, renamed Hollywood Lodge to avoid confusion with nearby Horton Mental Hospital. <br> Hollywood Lodge's last guise was as a care home, which closed in 2003. It has latterly been vacant and was devastated by a deliberate fire in February 2005. <div id="flashContent"><font color=red><br><br>This gallery requires JavaScript and the Flash Player to operate. <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer/">Download Flash Player here.</a>.</font></div> <BR><BR> The fire destroyed the eastern half of the building's interior and unroofed the upper storey, halting plans for conversion and making the building unstable. Surprisingly the building is not listed, and it is understood that it will now be gutted and housing built in the shell. The latest planning brief recommends as a minimum that the south and east façades be retained. <br> <center><u><a name="news">EPILOGUE</a></U></center><br> In late Summer 2011, Hollywood Lodge had all of its windows and doors bricked up with breeze blocks and the external fire escape removed. This coincided with the demolition works at neighbouring West Park. 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