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Basildon Park, the West façade—the corps de logis and north and south flanking pavilions. Basildon Park is a country house situated 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Goring-on-Thames and Streatley in Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building.
West Wycombe Park is a country house built between 1740 and 1800 near the village of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It was conceived as a pleasure palace for the 18th-century libertine and dilettante Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet .
West Wycombe is a small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, famed for its manor houses and its hills.It is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of High Wycombe.. The historic village is largely a National Trust property and receives a large annual influx of tourists, being the site of West Wycombe Park, West Wycombe Caves and the Mausoleum on top of West Wycombe Hill.
This is a list of National Trust properties in England, including any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of the National Trust in England. Bedfordshire [ edit ]
Car park: National Trust Entry: Hectares: Acres: Abinger Roughs, Piney Copse and Netley Park: ... West Wycombe Hill Buckinghamshire Chalk grassland, woodland, cave ...
West Wycombe Park contains a number garden temples, pavilions and follies; many of these are listed for their architectural or historical significance: Main article: West Wycombe Park Temple of Apollo at West Wycombe Park Temple of Music at West Wycombe Park Temple of Venus at West Wycombe Park
The county is also home to many historic houses, some of which are open to the public through the National Trust, such as Waddesdon Manor, West Wycombe Park and Cliveden; [2] and others which still act as private houses such as the Prime Minister's country retreat Chequers. [3]
The caves run into the hillside above West Wycombe village and directly beneath St Lawrence's Church and Mausoleum (which were also constructed by Sir Francis Dashwood around the same time the caves were excavated). West Wycombe Park, ancestral seat of the Dashwood family and also a National Trust property, lies directly across the valley. This ...