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West Wycombe Park

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West Wycombe Park
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“West Wycombe Park is a country house built between 1740 and 1800 near the village of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It was conceived as a pleasure palace for the 18th-century libertine and dilettante Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet. The house is a long rectangle with four façades that…”
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Condé Nast TravelerOct 15

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Italianate architecture provided visual shorthand for wealth

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  • West Wycombe ParkSightItalianate architecture provided visual shorthand for wealth
  • Elsewhere
  • Kingston Maurward HouseSightDorset, United Kingdominterior and exterior architecture provided the main backdrop
  • Parnham ParkSightDorset, United Kingdomprovided the lake at the back of the garden
  • Dartmoor National ParkSightDevon, United Kingdomfilmed the Barton Cottage scenes
  • HaytorSightDevon, United Kingdomfamous tourist spot with unusual jagged, rustic rock faces
  • Knebworth HouseAttractionHertfordshire, United Kingdomiconic Gothic exterior
  • Broughton CastleAttractionOxfordshire, United Kingdominteriors very much feel like a Gothic castle
  • Rainham HallMuseumLondon, United Kingdomdoubled for the interiors of Mrs Jennings’ house
  • Lincoln’s InnAttractionLondon, United Kingdomfilmed street scenes and exteriors
  • Blenheim PalaceAttractionOxfordshire, United Kingdomestate grounds where a carriage reflection was filmed
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