Longwood House on Saint Helena began as an East India Company farm, later given as a country residence to the Deputy-Governor, and was converted for Napoleon in 1815. He lived there from December 10, 1815 until his death on May 5, 1821. The article names no architect or style.
The British government began a new house nearby in October 1818, but Napoleon never lived in it. After his death the house reverted to the Company and then the Crown, and was used for agriculture. The French government bought it in 1858, with the Valley of the Tomb, for £7,100, and the French Foreign Ministry has owned it since.
Termite damage led the French government to consider demolition in the 1940s. The new Longwood and The Briars house were demolished, but Longwood House was saved and restored by French curators. Only the front stone steps survive from the original. It is now a museum.
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