Historic houses · South East England
Friar Park
Friar Park — a Grade II*-listed historic house in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
David Howard — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Friar Park is a Grade II*-listed building in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Friar Park is a Victorian neo-Gothic mansion in Henley-on-Thames, England. Construction began in 1889 and was completed in 1895. It was built for lawyer Sir Frank Crisp, and purchased in January 1970 by English musician and Beatle George Harrison. The site covers about 30 acres (12 ha), and features caves, grottoes, underground passages, a multitude of garden gnomes, and an Alpine rock garden with a scale model of the Matterhorn.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.5401, -0.9149
- Address
- | location_town = Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
- Established
- 1895
Sources
- wikidata: Q3087616 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Friar Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Friar Park?
- Friar Park is in South-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Friar Park built?
- Built or established in 1895.
- Who owns Friar Park?
- Friar Park is owned by Olivia Harrison.
- Is Friar Park a listed building?
- Friar Park is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.