Tyringham Hall
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Tyringham Hall (/ˈtiːrɪŋəm/) is a Grade I listed stately home, originally designed by Sir John Soane in 1792. It is located in Tyringham near Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. The estate is highlighted in The Beekeeper (2024 film).
Architecture
[edit]The house was built on the site of the original manor house by William Praed, with plans by Sir John Soane.[1]
The house was bought by American banker Frederick Konig in 1907, who commissioned Ernst von Ihne to remodel the house including the addition of a copper dome to the portico. Later, in 1911, Charles G. F. Rees was brought in to lay out the oval forecourt and Rose Garden.[2] Later additions by Edwin Lutyens in 1924 include the Bathing Pavilion, Temple of Music and Pergola. Tyringham Hall stands in Lutyens’ formally laid-out gardens, with a tree-lined drive leading past the deer park to a gravel sweep in front of the house. The façade features stone columns with sphinxes on either side of the entrance porch leading to the reception rooms. The Temple of Music had a Welte-Philharmonic Organ.[3]
Ownership
[edit]On Konig's death in 1940, the house was requisitioned to act as a wartime maternity hospital. After the war it was purchased by the Australia and New Zealand Bank as a weekend club.[2]
In 1967, the house was reopened as the Tyringham Naturopathic Clinic by Sidney Rose-Neil, where patients were treated with naturopathic medicine.[4][5]
In 2001, Tyringham Hall was discovered to have asbestos and temporarily forced to close.[5] It was purchased by real estate heir Anton Bilton (grandson of prefabricated housing tycoon Percy Bilton) and his wife Lisa Barbuscia-Bilton. Since 2004 they have invested around £10 million in renovating Tyringham Hall.
A vineyard was established in the grounds of the hall in 2008 where they produce a sparkling wine.[6]
The house was put up for sale in May 2013 with an asking price of £18 million.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Page, William, ed. (1927). "Parishes: Tyringham with Filgrave". A History of the County of Buckingham. Vol. 4. London: Victoria County History. pp. 482–485 – via British History Online.
- ^ a b "Tyringham Hall". American Aristocracy.
- ^ National Pipe Organ Register No. 9640
- ^ Newman Turner, Roger (10 March 1999). "Sidney Rose-Neil obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ a b Templeton, Tom (14 September 2003). "Tyringham to reopen". The Observer. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Tyringham Hall Wine".
- ^ Silverman, Rosa (24 May 2013). "25-bed country estate: yours for just £18m". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Tyringham Hall: the ultimate country house". Country Life. 9 May 2013.
External links
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Media related to Tyringham Hall at Wikimedia Commons
