Buckland House

Buckland House with backdrop of the North Wessex Downs
The old Buckland House known as 'Buckland Manor House'

Buckland House is a large Georgian stately home, the manor house of Buckland in Oxfordshire, England (formerly in Berkshire). It is a masterpiece of Palladian architecture erected by John Wood, the Younger for Sir Robert Throckmorton in 1757 to replace a previous manor house.

Buckland House has nine bays, the three central ones being narrow on each of its three storeys. Two wings of lower height adjoining connected by narrow galleries. The building overlooks a landscaped park,[1] which includes gardens, a cricket ground and a 150-acre (61 ha) deer park.[1][2] Buckland House is a Grade II* listed building.[1][3] Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "the most splendid Georgian house in the Country",[4] It is rumoured that a ghost of a white lady haunts the house.[5]

The previous manor house, Buckland Manor House, also a Grade II* listed building, was converted into stables in 1797 and is in the park.[6]

  1. ^ a b c Ford, David Nash (2001). "Buckland Park". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  2. ^ Page, William; Ditchfield, PH, eds. (1924). The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire Volume 4. St Catherine Press.
  3. ^ "UK Database of Historic Parks & Gardens: Buckland House". Archived from the original on June 12, 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nicholas (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071030-2.
  5. ^ Ford, David Nash (2001). "Ghosts from Berkshire Places beginning with B". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  6. ^ Historic England. "MANOR HOUSE (1284800)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 December 2015.