Listed Buildings in Buckinghamshire - Grade II* Listed Buildings in Buckinghamshire, Grade II Listed Buildings in Buckinghamshire (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 222. Not illustrated. Chapters: Grade Ii* Listed Buildings in Buckinghamshire, Grade Ii Listed Buildings in Buckinghamshire, Grade I Listed Buildings in Buckinghamshire, Chequers, Stowe House, Cliveden, West Wycombe Park, Horwood House, Winslow Hall, Mentmore Towers, Maidenhead Bridge, Fawley Court, Chesham Museum, King's Head Inn, Aylesbury, Waddesdon Manor, Ascott House, Claydon House, Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire, Chicheley Hall, Hampden House, Hughenden Manor, Dorney Court, Fenny Stratford Railway Station, St. Giles's Church, Tattenhoe, Shardeloes, Dropmore Park, Chenies Manor House, Wotton House, Marlow Bridge, Pitstone Windmill, Charles Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham, Burnham Abbey, Heatherden Hall, Mayflower Barn, Milton's Cottage, Dorton House, Boarstall Tower, Tyringham Hall, Nether Winchendon House, Jordans Meeting House, Church of St Dunstan, Monks Risborough. Excerpt: Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the home of Stowe School, an independent school. The gardens (known as Stowe Landscape Gardens), along with part of the Park, passed into the ownership of The National Trust in 1989 and are open to the public. The house is open to the public during the school holidays, and there is usually a daily guided tour during term time. The parkland, a significant example the English Landscape Garden style, is open 365 days a year and access is free. The Temple family fortune was based on sheep farming, they were first recorded as such at Witney in Oxfordshire. Later from 1546 they had been renting a sheep farm in Burton Dassett in Warwickshire. The Stowe estate was leased from 1571 by Peter Temple, his son John Temple bought the manor & estate of Stowe in 1589 and it became the home of the Temple family. In the late 17th century, the house was completely rebuilt by Si...