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Tythrop Park, also known as Tythrop House, is a Grade I–listed 17th-century
Tythrop Park
{{commons category , Tythrop Park Houses completed in the 17th century Country houses in Buckinghamshire Grade I listed buildings in Buckinghamshire Grade I listed houses
Tythrop Park, also known as Tythrop House, is a Grade I–listed 17th-century manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
, set in of parkland, in Kingsey, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (, abbreviated ''Bucks'') is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshir ...
, England. According to Pevsner the exterior is plain and unpromising, but inside the house he describes the staircase as one of the finest in the county, with "extremely luscious openwork foliage".
The property is noted as having installed an early duck decoy, similar to that at the Boarstall Duck Decoy
The Boarstall Duck Decoy is a 17th-century duck decoy located in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property. The system took advantage of a two-acre lake with pipe-cage tunnels running out of it.
At one time a commo ...
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It was owned by the barrister and peer Jonathan Marks, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames from 1998 to 2007, when it was bought for £12.5 million by Nicholas Wheeler (founder of mail-order shirt company Charles Tyrwhitt
Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Limited ( ), also known as CT Shirts, is a British Multichannel retailing, multi-channel men's clothing retailer specialising in dress shirts, ties, suits, casualwear, shoes and Fashion accessory, accessories.
It was found ...
), and Chrissie Rucker (founder of The White Company). The couple renovated the property before moving in with their four children.
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Tythrop Park
{{commons category , Tythrop Park Houses completed in the 17th century Country houses in Buckinghamshire Grade I listed buildings in Buckinghamshire Grade I listed houses