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Fenton House is located in Hampstead, North London.
Thomas Sympson was the first owner whose widow sold the house to Joshua Gee (1667-1730)
who added his initials and those of his wife (JAG) in the ironwork over the front gate.
He was a founding partner with George Washington's father in the Principio Company.
He was also a Quaker and a personal friend of William Penn - Pennsylvania is named after him.


It is a 17th century merchant's house in Hampstead in North which belongs to the National Trust, bequeathed to them in 1952 by Lady Binning, its last owner and resident.
It is a detached house with a walled garden, which is large by London standards, and features roses, an orchard and a working kitchen garden.
The interior houses the Benton Fletcher collection of early keyboard instruments, one of which is often played to visitors during opening hours, and collections of paintings (including the collection of Peter Barkworth, and loans of Sir paintings), porcelain, 17th-century needlework pictures and Georgian furniture.
It also has a fine portraits of Dorothy Jordan, William IV, , Frederick FitzClarence and Adolphus Fitzclarence - one of Jordan's daughters by William IV lived in the house.






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