Shardeloes

Shardeloes
Shardeloes
Location within Buckinghamshire
Location within Buckinghamshire
Location within Buckinghamshire
General information
TypeCountry house
Architectural stylePalladian
LocationNear Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Coordinates51°40′17″N 0°38′40″W / 51.67139°N 0.64444°W / 51.67139; -0.64444
Construction started1758
Completed1766
ClientWilliam Drake, Sr. (1723–1796)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Stiff Leadbetter
Other designersRobert Adam (interiors)
Humphry Repton (gardens)

Shardeloes is a large 18th-century country house located one mile west of Amersham in Buckinghamshire, England (grid reference SU937978). A previous manor house on the site was demolished and the present building constructed between 1758 and 1766[1] for William Drake, the Member of Parliament for Amersham. Shardeloes is a Grade I listed building.[1]

  1. ^ a b Historic England. "Shardeloes, Amersham (1238040)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 July 2015.