Claydon House

Claydon House is a mansion in Aylesbury Vale in the northwestern part of the county of Buckinghamshire in England, surrounded by several small picturesque settlements Middle Claydon, East Claydon, Botolph Claydon Claydon and Steeple. The country house and park are situated in the management of the National Trust. During the building and the facades of the building continue the style of the Palladian and can be attributed to the classicism of the decoration of each room is inhomogeneous and characterized by different styles. In the design of the rooms of the elements Neopalladianismus, rococo, chinoiserie style, the Gothic Revival and the English Neoclassicism were used.

History

After 1620 Claydon House was the country seat of the family of Sir Edmund Verney also ( Varney ).

The present structure was built 1757-1771 on the site of a previous building. Ralph, 2nd Earl Verney oriented towards the construction of new Claydon House at nearby Stowe House. With the design of architect Sir Thomas Robinson was commissioned.

Construction began in 1768 and were led to 1771 known of the Verney from London mason and wood carver Luke Lightfoot. Lightfoot was not an architect, and he probably was working according to the specifications of the former architect and his clients. Today, the southern wing of the original building structures consisting of three building complex is still preserved. Already in 1792 shortly after the death Verneys the middle part and the northern counterpart was stopped at the still existing south wing. Mistress of Claydon Houses was in the second half of the 19th century, Florence Nightingale's older sister Parthenope Nightingale, who had married into the Verney family. In Claydon House, therefore, is one of the largest collections of correspondence of these British pioneer of nursing.

The estate was founded in 1956 by Sir Ralph Verney is over, 5th Baronet, while respecting the further living right on the National Trust.