Friar Park

Friar Park
The Lower Lodge and entrance gates of Friar Park from Gravel Hill in 2009
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General information
Architectural styleGothic revival
Town or cityHenley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
CountryEngland
Completed1895
OwnerOlivia Harrison
Detail of the roof of the Lower Lodge of Friar Park

Friar Park is a Victorian neo-Gothic mansion in Henley-on-Thames, England, construction began in 1889 and was completed in 1895. It was built for lawyer Sir Frank Crisp, and purchased in January 1970 by English rock musician and former Beatle George Harrison.[1] The site covers about 30 acres,[2][3] and features caves, grottoes, underground passages, a multitude of garden gnomes, and an Alpine rock garden with a scale model of the Matterhorn.[4]

  1. ^ Clayson 2003, p. 299
  2. ^ "Friar Park, Henley". Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Friar Park, Oxfordshire, England". Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Friar Park, Henley, England". Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2016.