Tythrop Park
| Tythrop Park | |
|---|---|
  Location of Tythrop Park in Buckinghamshire | |
| Type | Manor House |
| Location | Kingsey |
| Coordinates | 51°45′25″N 0°55′48″W / 51.757°N 0.930°W |
| OS grid reference | SP 73951 07014 |
| Area | Buckinghamshire |
| Built | 17th century |
| Owner | Nicholas Wheeler and Chrissie Rucker |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Tythrop House |
| Designated | 26 August 1949 |
| Reference no. | 1159819 |
Tythrop Park, also known as Tythrop House, is a Grade I–listed[1] 17th-century manor house, set in 51 acres (21 ha) of parkland, in Kingsey, Buckinghamshire, England. According to Pevsner the exterior is plain and unpromising, but inside the house he describes the staircase as one of the finest in the county, with "extremely luscious openwork foliage".[2]
The property is noted as having installed an early duck decoy, similar to that at the Boarstall Duck Decoy.[3]
It was owned by the barrister and peer Jonathan Marks, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames from 1998 to 2007, when it was bought for £12.5 million by Nicholas Wheeler (founder of mail-order shirt company Charles Tyrwhitt), and Chrissie Rucker (founder of The White Company).[4] The couple renovated the property before moving in with their four children.[5]
References
- ^ Historic England. "Tythrop House (Grade I) (1159819)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 180. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
- ^ "Streetmap.co.uk- search results". www.streetmap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
- ^ Denyer, Lucy (15 January 2008). "Country houses tumble in value". Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 August 2011.[dead link]
- ^ Swengley, Nicole (8 December 2010). "White Christmas: at home with Chrissie Rucker". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2011.