Eythrope
Eythrope (previously Ethorp) is a
Eythrope is
History
The hamlet name is
The mansion was extended in 1610 by Dorothy Pelham, (One source says Sir William Dormer[3]) this was her house from her first marriage. Her second husband William Pelham styled himself as "from Eythorpe", but this was more true of Dorothy who had her own financial independence.[4]
William Stanhope (1702–1772) embellished Eythrope House around 1750. Stanhope employed Isaac Ware to build new stables (now lost) and follies in the garden and park. Two of these buildings survive: the grotto by the lake, and the bridge over the River Thame. The house was demolished in 1810-11 by Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield.[5]
In 1875, the manor at Eythrope was bought by
Alice chose one of the Rothschild family's favourite architects George Devey who had worked at nearby Ascott House, Aston Clinton House and in the villages belonging to the Mentmore Estate. Eythrope was something of a deviation from his usual approach. It is constructed in red brick with stone dressings. With its twisting chimneys, turrets and gables, it is a mixture of Devey's usual Jacobean style and the French Renaissance architecture of Waddesdon Manor. This is especially noticeable on the concave roof to the round tower, and the gable on the garden facade which are particularly reminiscent of Waddesdon. Because of its small size the house was christened "The Pavilion" or the "Water Pavilion".[7]
As in other Rothschild homes, French panelling and furniture dressed the rooms. Alice also collected Renaissance sculpture, paintings and maiolica ware.
Around the house, Alice developed 30 acres of highly ornamental and innovative gardens that complemented the splendour of Waddesdon Manor. She also created a four-acre walled kitchen garden and added an Old English Tea House (now lost) to the historic parkland.[8] A large, rectangular stable block (listed grade II), built in stone and half-timber, and three picturesque lodges, were probably designed by W Taylor & Son of Bierton.[9] House parties from Waddesdon Manor would drive the four miles for tea, taking a steam launch up the river to the tea house.[10]
In 1922 following Alice's death, The Pavilion was inherited by
Present day
Dorothy de Rothschild died in 1988 leaving the estate and Pavilion to her husband's great nephew, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild. The Pavilion, the private home of Lord Rothschild, is the only one of the Buckinghamshire Rothschilds seven houses to remain in Rothschild hands.
The gardens continue to be developed and maintained, growing vegetables, fruit and flowers for the estate. The walled garden was redesigned by
TV & film
Scenes from And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, screened on BBC One from 26 to 28 December 2015, were filmed on the Estate roads and on the bridge at Eythrope.
See also
- Rothschild properties in England
- Waddesdon Manor
References
- ^ Historic England, "Eythrope Pavilion (1117798)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 December 2016
- ^ Historic England, "Eythrope (garden) (1001397)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 December 2016
- ^ "GENUKI entry on Waddesdon". Archived from the original on 8 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- , retrieved 23 February 2023
- ^ "Historic England, Eythrope". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "The Rothschild Archive, Eythrope Estate". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ISBN 0718827856, 9780718827854
- ^ "Historic England, Eythrope". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ISBN 0300095848.
- ^ Hall, Michael (2009). Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House (revised ed.). Scala. p. 162.
- ^ de Rothschild, Dorothy (1979). The Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor. Collins Sons & Co. p. 129.
- ^ Elfreda Pownall. "Inside the Rothschild's family garden: Eythrope (The Telegraph 19 September 2015)". Retrieved 28 September 2015.