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Buckland House
Georgian manor house of Buckland in Oxfordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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]