Glympton House is the successor to a manor house that had occupied the site since the 16th century or earlier.[3] The property was owned by John Cupper and his wife, Audrey Peyto, and their descendants from 1547 to 1632. William Wheate bought the manor in 1633 and either he or one of his successors had the house remodelled later in the 17th century.[3] By the early part of the 18th century it had an H-shaped plan with north and south courtyards each flanked on three sides by wings of the house.[3]
In the first half of the 18th century either Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet or Sir Thomas Wheate, 2nd Baronet had the house remodelled with a Georgianelevation of seven bays.[3] By the early part of the 19th century the western range of the old house had been demolished.[3] When the 2nd Baronet died without a male heir in 1746, the baronetcy passed to his brother Sir George Wheate, 3rd Baronet but Glympton Park became the dower house of his widow Mary.[3]
George Henry Barnett, the nephew of Sir Jacob Wheate, 5th Baronet, inherited Glympton Park in 1846.[3] In 1849 Barnett removed the east and west wings from the main front, re-faced the main front in Bath stone[4] in mid-18th century style and added an Italianate kitchen block on the east side.[3] Barnett moved the main entrance to the west side,[3] and gave the new entrance a Tuscan porch.[5] Glympton Park remained in the Barnett family until Benjamin Barnett sold it in 1944.[3]
It was purchased in 1944 by Alan Paul Good, owner of Lagonda. When Good died in 1953, it was purchased by W. Garfield Weston. In 1957 it was purchased by mining magnate Eric William Towler. When Towler died in 1988 it was purchased by Alan Bond.[6][7]
In 1992, Glympton Park was bought for £8 million by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, then Saudi ambassador to the US, after Alan Bond went bankrupt. Bandar spent £42m on restoration work, installing security features and a replica English pub inside the house.[1]
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Barnett, Rev. Herbert (1923). Glympton – the History of an Oxfordshire Manor. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Crossley, Alan (ed.); Baggs, A.P.; Colvin, Christina; Colvin, H.M.; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Selwyn, Nesta; Tomkinson, A. (1983). A History of the County of Oxford. Victoria County History. Vol. 11: Wootton Hundred (northern part). pp. 120–131. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
Robinson, John Martin (1998). Glympton Park Estate. London: Phoebe Phillips Editions. ISBN978-1-86077-077-7.
glympton, park, former, deer, park, glympton, miles, north, woodstock, oxfordshire, england, includes, glympton, house, 18th, century, country, house, acres, estate, including, village, glympton, norman, parish, church, mary, stone, cottages, acres, parkland, . Glympton Park is a former deer park at Glympton 3 5 miles 5 6 km north of Woodstock Oxfordshire England It includes Glympton House an 18th century country house and has a 2 000 acres 810 ha estate including the village of Glympton its Norman parish church of St Mary 32 stone cottages and 167 acres 68 ha of parkland 1 The house and attached summerhouse are Grade II listed 2 History editGlympton House is the successor to a manor house that had occupied the site since the 16th century or earlier 3 The property was owned by John Cupper and his wife Audrey Peyto and their descendants from 1547 to 1632 William Wheate bought the manor in 1633 and either he or one of his successors had the house remodelled later in the 17th century 3 By the early part of the 18th century it had an H shaped plan with north and south courtyards each flanked on three sides by wings of the house 3 In the first half of the 18th century either Sir Thomas Wheate 1st Baronet or Sir Thomas Wheate 2nd Baronet had the house remodelled with a Georgian elevation of seven bays 3 By the early part of the 19th century the western range of the old house had been demolished 3 When the 2nd Baronet died without a male heir in 1746 the baronetcy passed to his brother Sir George Wheate 3rd Baronet but Glympton Park became the dower house of his widow Mary 3 George Henry Barnett the nephew of Sir Jacob Wheate 5th Baronet inherited Glympton Park in 1846 3 In 1849 Barnett removed the east and west wings from the main front re faced the main front in Bath stone 4 in mid 18th century style and added an Italianate kitchen block on the east side 3 Barnett moved the main entrance to the west side 3 and gave the new entrance a Tuscan porch 5 Glympton Park remained in the Barnett family until Benjamin Barnett sold it in 1944 3 It was purchased in 1944 by Alan Paul Good owner of Lagonda When Good died in 1953 it was purchased by W Garfield Weston In 1957 it was purchased by mining magnate Eric William Towler When Towler died in 1988 it was purchased by Alan Bond 6 7 In 1992 Glympton Park was bought for 8 million by Prince Bandar bin Sultan then Saudi ambassador to the US after Alan Bond went bankrupt Bandar spent 42m on restoration work installing security features and a replica English pub inside the house 1 In February 2021 Glympton Estates Ltd was sold to the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his son Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa for 120 million 1 8 9 References edit a b c Saudi prince sells Cotswolds estate to king of Bahrain for 120m The Guardian 5 April 2021 Historic England Details from listed building database 1053088 National Heritage List for England a b c d e f g h i j Crossley 1983 pp 120 131 Arkell 1948 p 53 Sherwood amp Pevsner 1974 p 613 Sayer M J 1993 The disintegration of a heritage country houses and their collections 1979 1992 Wilby Michael Russell ISBN 9780859551977 Brooks Alan 2017 Oxfordshire north and west New Haven ISBN 9780300209303 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Hipwell Deirdre Nereim Vivian Harvey Benjamin 2 April 2021 Saudi Prince Sells English Country Estate to King of Bahrain Bloomberg News Archived from the original on 29 July 2021 Retrieved 2 August 2021 It s a mega mansion gold rush As the UK s most expensive 250m palace hits the market Tatler sizes up the rest Tatler 2 March 2023 Retrieved 1 April 2023 Sources and further reading editArkell W J 1948 The building stones of Blenheim Palace Cornbury Park Glympton Park and Heythrop House Oxfordshire PDF Oxoniensia XIII Oxford Architectural and Historical Society 49 54 ISSN 0308 5562 Barnett Rev Herbert 1923 Glympton the History of an Oxfordshire Manor Oxford Oxford University Press Crossley Alan ed Baggs A P Colvin Christina Colvin H M Cooper Janet Day C J Selwyn Nesta Tomkinson A 1983 A History of the County of Oxford Victoria County History Vol 11 Wootton Hundred northern part pp 120 131 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first1 has generic name help Robinson John Martin 1998 Glympton Park Estate London Phoebe Phillips Editions ISBN 978 1 86077 077 7 Sherwood Jennifer Pevsner Nikolaus 1974 Oxfordshire The Buildings of England Harmondsworth Penguin Books p 613 ISBN 0 14 071045 0 51 53 35 N 1 23 07 W 51 8930 N 1 3853 W 51 8930 1 3853 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Glympton Park amp oldid 1184754615, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
