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English country house in Buckinghamshire
Mentmore Towers, historically known simply as "Mentmore", is a 19th-century English country house built between 1852 and 1854 for the Rothschild family
Mentmore_Towers
Village in Buckinghamshire, England
Confessor had a hunting lodge at Mentmore, between the site of the present Mentmore Towers and the hamlet of Crafton at a site known as Berrystead. The well of
Mentmore
Untrue statement in contract negotiations
Olby [1969] Case law: In the 2009 case of Fitzroy Robinson Ltd. v Mentmore Towers Ltd., a statement became untrue and fraudulently misrepresented when
Misrepresentation
Title in the Peerage of Scotland
City of Edinburgh, in Scotland, and until 1977 also resided at Mentmore Towers, near Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, in England. Archibald Primrose, 1st Earl of
Earl_of_Rosebery
Places occupied by members of the Rothschild family
Eythrope Flint House, Buckinghamshire Halton House Hamble Cliff House Mentmore Towers Princes Risborough Manor House Shorncliffe Lodge Waddesdon Manor Swinton
Rothschild_family_residences
1999 film
Kubrick titled "View from the Mentmore" can be seen hanging next to the Christmas tree, a reference to Mentmore Towers where part of the film's orgy sequence
Eyes_Wide_Shut
2003 film by Peter Howitt
particularly in London and Buckinghamshire. Specific sites include Mentmore Towers, the Maughan Library, and the Freemason's Hall. The movie's climax
Johnny_English
Film by Anthony Maras
United Kingdom in September 2024. Filming locations included Mentmore Towers in Mentmore, Buckinghamshire. Volker Bertelmann composed the score. In November
Pressure_(2026_film)
Group of 19th-century architectural revival styles
early but typical, domestic examples of the Neo-Renaissance include Mentmore Towers and the Château de Ferrières, both designed in the 1850s by Joseph
Renaissance Revival architecture
Renaissance_Revival_architecture
Horse breeding operations in England
691°W / 51.868; -0.691 Mentmore Stud and Crafton Stud were Thoroughbred horse breeding operations that were part of the Mentmore Towers estate on the Bedfordshire
Mentmore_and_Crafton_Studs
Buckinghamshire Gunnersbury Park, Middlesex Halton House, Halton Mentmore Towers, Mentmore Shorncliffe Lodge, Folkestone, Kent Tring Park Mansion, Tring
Rothschild properties in the home counties
Rothschild_properties_in_the_home_counties
French banker
House Champneys Eythrope Exbury Gardens Gunnersbury Park Halton House Mentmore Towers Tring Park Mansion Waddesdon Manor Spencer House Palais Rothschild
Ariane_de_Rothschild
English country house in Buckinghamshire, England
acquired by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (of the neighbouring Mentmore Towers estate). The Rothschild family had begun to acquire vast tracts of
Ascott_House
Syrian-born British property developer (born 1958)
been valued at over £130m six months earlier. Later that year the Mentmore Towers project, which Halabi had purchased in 1997 with a view to turning
Simon_Halabi
Architectural term for large and showy Tudor and Jacobean houses, typically in England
to impart a Baroque swagger to the Northern Mannerist vocabulary. Mentmore Towers, by Joseph Paxton, is an enormous revival of a Smythson-type style
Prodigy_house
English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament
Paxton was commissioned by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild to design Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire. This became one of the greatest country houses
Joseph_Paxton
Parts of a building which contain the domestic offices and staff accommodation
screens of trees, shrubs and grassy banks as at Waddesdon Manor and Mentmore Towers. While the rooms within were light and airy, the wings were often designed
Servants'_quarters
Painting by François-Hubert Drouais
embroidering. It is now in the National Gallery, London. Until 1974 it was at Mentmore Towers as a part of the Rothchild collections. The illegitimate daughter of
Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame
Madame_de_Pompadour_at_her_Tambour_Frame
1998 single by Spice Girls
Hot 100. The accompanying music video for "Goodbye" was filmed at Mentmore Towers and featured the group singing the song at a castle; Melanie Brown
Goodbye_(Spice_Girls_song)
Fictional home of Batman
Wayne Manor appears in The Dark Knight trilogy, portrayed initially by Mentmore Towers and later by Wollaton Hall. It is destroyed by Ra's al Ghul in Batman
Wayne_Manor
Country house in Hampshire, England
This is particularly noticeable in the towers, which are slimmer and more refined than those of Mentmore Towers, the other great Jacobethan house built
Highclere_Castle
Demolition of several larger mansion estates in the UK during the 20th century
not, a fact highlighted in the early 1970s by the dispersal sale of Mentmore Towers. The high profile campaign of Marcus Binney, eminent architectural
Destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain
Destruction_of_country_houses_in_20th-century_Britain
Historic house in Westminster, London, England
a whole, to men of high wealth or income, such as Lord Rosebery of Mentmore Towers from 1878 to 1890. Some of its 18th-century interiors, among the best
Lansdowne_House
2021 film by Antoine Fuqua
to the public. Filming was also done at ex-Rothschild stately home Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, in London, Mexico City, Guanajuato, Nepal, New
Infinite_(film)
British banking family
Park – Ealing, London Halton House – Halton, Buckinghamshire Mentmore Towers – Mentmore, Buckinghamshire Spencer House – St James's, London (a leasehold
Rothschild banking family of England
Rothschild_banking_family_of_England
Type of staircase with divided flights
Windsor Castle, Palazzo Reale di Caserta, Palacio Real de Madrid, and Mentmore Towers. The advantages of an imperial staircase became apparent during the
Imperial_staircase
British writer and artist (1879–1955)
Rothschild (1777–1836). Through Hannah, as her father's sole heiress, the Mentmore Towers estate passed into the Rosebery family. Her father, Lord Rosebery,
Lady_Sybil_Grant
2002 comedy film directed by Mark Mylod
at Manchester Town Hall between 31 May and 2 June 2001 and at Mentmore Towers, Mentmore in Buckinghamshire. When Ali references the Berkshire Massiv of
Ali_G_Indahouse
County of England
the National Trust. Mentmore Towers, a 19th-century English country house built by the Rothschilds is located the village of Mentmore. It is the largest
Buckinghamshire
Jewish noble banking family
Mentmore Towers, one of the many Rothschild mansions built in Buckinghamshire
Rothschild_family
English businessman and politician
Anthony Nathan de Rothschild at Aston Clinton; and Mayer at Mentmore. Mayer built Mentmore Towers, the most sumptuous of the English Rothschild houses at
Mayer_Amschel_de_Rothschild
British aristocrat
in Britain. The earls of Rosebery own Dalmeny House and also owned Mentmore Towers until 1977. He was educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, and Eton
Harry Primrose, 8th Earl of Rosebery
Harry_Primrose,_8th_Earl_of_Rosebery
Cambro-Norman, later Hiberno-Norman dynasty, holding power in Ireland over centuries
of Devonshire of Chatsworth House, Prime Minister Lord Rosebery of Mentmore Towers, and Baron Lionel de Rothschild, grandson of Mayer Amschel, founder
FitzGerald_dynasty
Houses built during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901)
style and incorporating a great hall Penrhyn Castle in Norman style Mentmore Towers in Jacobethan style Tyntesfield in Gothic Revival style Victorian-era
Victorian_house
19th-century Renaissance revival style of English architecture
Chapman and Hall, 1933 p 41 Good Stuff IT Services (1951-09-26). "Mentmore Towers - Mentmore - Buckinghamshire - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved
Jacobethan
French banker and member of the Rothschild family
by Joseph Paxton in the 1850s, based on Paxton's earlier design of Mentmore Towers for Baron Mayer de Rothschild of the English branch of the Rothschild
Guy_de_Rothschild
Style of interior decorating
in their own newly built castles and palaces, as, for example, in Mentmore Towers, Waddesdon Manor, the Château de Ferrières, and the Villa Ephrussi
Goût_Rothschild
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1894 to 1895
Rosebery was the owner of twelve houses. By marriage, he acquired: Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, a huge neo-Renaissance stately home, sold in the
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery
1997 American film
Walter van Dyk as Thoolen Filming took place in Paris, France; Mentmore Towers, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, England; London, England; and Amsterdam, Netherlands
Incognito_(1997_film)
prevent the sale of the extraordinary collection of art and furniture at Mentmore Towers in 1975, and of the empty building itself in 1977, to pay taxes following
Destruction of the Country House exhibition
Destruction_of_the_Country_House_exhibition
Historic house museum in Nottingham, England
Corporation now Nottingham City Council In 1855, Joseph Paxton designed Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, which borrows many features from Wollaton. Both
Wollaton_Hall
Large and expensive dwelling house
of older houses; the Château de Ferrières in France was inspired by Mentmore Towers, which in turn is a copy of Wollaton Hall. Other mansions were built
Mansion
Parisian salonniere and art patron
House Champneys Eythrope Exbury Gardens Gunnersbury Park Halton House Mentmore Towers Tring Park Mansion Waddesdon Manor Spencer House Palais Rothschild
Betty_von_Rothschild
French-born Swiss financier
House Champneys Eythrope Exbury Gardens Gunnersbury Park Halton House Mentmore Towers Tring Park Mansion Waddesdon Manor Spencer House Palais Rothschild
Edmond_Adolphe_de_Rothschild
"Four become five in virtual Spice". BBC. Retrieved 9 April 2010. "Mentmore Towers". Open Buildings. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved
Spice_Girls_discography
2005 film by Christopher Nolan
slum-district of "the Narrows" and the feet of the monorails were filmed. Mentmore Towers was chosen from twenty different locations for Wayne Manor, as Nolan
Batman_Begins
Château in Seine-et-Marne, France
architect Joseph Paxton. The inspiration for the design of Ferrières was Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, England, the house that Paxton had built for Baron
Château_de_Ferrières
Homestead in Christchurch, New Zealand
styles of Jacobean architecture and Victorian features, akin to the Mentmore Towers (1852–54) of Sir Joseph Paxton in Buckinghamshire in England. It was
McLean's_Mansion
Indian guru (1911?–2008)
property investments, buying a former Rothschild mansion in England, Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, Roydon Hall in Maidstone, Swythamley Park in the
Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi
Country house in Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England
anti-climax. The central hall (not unlike the galleried two-storey hall at Mentmore Towers) was furnished as the "grand salon". Two further drawing rooms (the
Halton_House
British politician (1882–1974)
Mary Primrose (1935–1935), who died at birth. Lord Rosebery died at Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire on 30 May 1974 and was succeeded in his titles by
Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery
Harry_Primrose,_6th_Earl_of_Rosebery
present-day values, the largest is still probably the Earl of Rosebery's Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, which generated over £6 million in 1977. The Wentworth
British country house contents auctions
British_country_house_contents_auctions
English architect (1826–1876)
projects such as Lismore Castle and the Rothschild family properties of Mentmore Towers and the château de Pregny. He married Paxton's daughter Emily in 1853
George Henry Stokes (architect)
George_Henry_Stokes_(architect)
Type of house
example of the Italian Neo-Renaissance style villa – and in Britain the Mentmore Towers. A representative building of this style in Germany is Villa Haas (designed
Villa
Middle Jurassic oolitic limestone
Ancaster stone, including Wollaton Hall, Belton House, Harlaxton Manor, Mentmore Towers, St Pancras Station, Norwich Cathedral and St John's College, Cambridge
Ancaster_stone
British thoroughbred racehorse
age twenty-seven in January 1878. He was buried in the grounds of Mentmore Towers beneath a life sized bronze statue by Sir Joseph Boehm. The statue
King_Tom_(horse)
Larger house or mansion estate in England
The Earl of Rosebery, for instance, had Dalmeny House in Scotland, Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, and another house near Epsom just for the racing
English_country_house
Series of architectural revival styles
the Crystal Palace. Paxton also continued to build such houses as Mentmore Towers, in the still popular English Renaissance styles. New methods of construction
Victorian_architecture
1993 song by Haddaway
Volker Hannwacker and produced by AVA Studios. It features Haddaway in Mentmore Towers pursued by three femme fatales, at least one of whom is a vampire.
What_Is_Love
Conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
executive committee before becoming chairman. In 1977 the sale of Mentmore Towers and its contents became a major heritage controversy. The government
National_Trust
Tower house in Dalmeny, Scotland
Barnbougle Castle is a historic tower house on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, between Cramond and Queensferry, and within the parish of Dalmeny
Barnbougle_Castle
Castle Earl of Roseberry Dalmeny House and Barnbougle Castle, Edinburgh Mentmore Towers; Lansdowne House; The Durdans; Villa Rosebery, Naples Earl of Glasgow
List of family seats of Scottish nobility
List_of_family_seats_of_Scottish_nobility
Hyde House Iver Grove Langley Park House Latimer House Marlow Place Mentmore Towers Milton's Cottage Missenden Abbey Nashdom Nether Winchendon House Newland
List of country houses in the United Kingdom
List_of_country_houses_in_the_United_Kingdom
1982 single by Roxy Music
actress Sophie Ward, daughter of actor Simon Ward. It was filmed in Mentmore Towers country house. Bryan Ferry – lead vocals, keyboards Andy Mackay – saxophone
Avalon_(Roxy_Music_song)
British sculptor (1834–1890)
commissioned by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild for his new mansion, Mentmore Towers in 1873, and moved to Dalmeny House near Edinburgh in 1982. His large
Joseph_Edgar_Boehm
Hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England
head game-keeper it also served as the lodge to the Crafton drive of Mentmore Towers. The hamlet is reached only by one small cul-de-sac road. It contains
Crafton,_Buckinghamshire
Movement." The Maharishi Foundation in the UK purchased the historic Mentmore Towers in 1978 for £240,000 for use as a headquarters and college. The stately
History of Transcendental Meditation
History_of_Transcendental_Meditation
Historic house museum in West Berkshire, England
their luck was less favourable; Lady Iliffe recalled attending the Mentmore Towers auction of 1975 with the intention of buying marble topped console
Basildon_Park
Townhouse in Piccadilly, London, England
convert the property into a private members' club and hotel, part of his Mentmore Towers project, and to build a swimming pool and squash courts underneath
Cambridge_House
2023 British detective thriller television series
2021. Scenes at haunted "Combe Carey Hall" for episode 3 were shot at Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire and the part of the series set in Lucy's unidentified
Lockwood_&_Co._(TV_series)
Statue by Hamo Thornycroft in London
removed from Trafalgar Square in 1943 and moved to the grounds of Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire. In a speech in the House of Commons speech 5 May
Statue_of_General_Gordon
Art gallery in London, England
Gallery. The collections of the National Portrait Gallery were stored at Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire during the Second World War, along with pieces from
National Portrait Gallery, London
National_Portrait_Gallery,_London
Country house hotel in Heythrop, Oxfordshire, England
that of the courtyard of a Renaissance palazzo. Paxton designed a similar courtyard hall with a glazed roof at Mentmore Towers twenty years earlier.
Heythrop_Park
UK government cultural fund
an exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum in 1974 and the sale of Mentmore Towers in 1977. As a result the fund was abolished by the National Heritage
National_Land_Fund
Barony in the Peerage of Great Britain
family owned Wollaton Hall, a stately home near Nottingham on which Mentmore Towers was based, and Middleton Hall in Warwickshire until they were sold
Baron_Middleton
Landscape painting by J. M. W. Turner
their honeymoon in 1878. It was hung in the family's country home, Mentmore Towers and in their London residences for a century. In 1978, the painting
Modern_Rome_–_Campo_Vaccino
British Liberal Party faction
Dalmeny House Barnbougle Castle Horses Cicero Ladas Sir Visto Mentmore Towers Mentmore and Crafton Studs Liberal Imperialists Liberal League Midlothian
Liberal_Imperialists
English builder
a year. In 1852-1854 they were the builders contracted to complete Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire for the Rothschild family. The Rothschild family
George_Myers_(builder)
British politician
in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, and at Christ Church, Epsom Common, Surrey. Additional
Neil_Primrose_(politician)
Inn, Aylesbury Linford Manor Little Britain Long Crendon Courthouse Mentmore Towers Milton Keynes Museum Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda Pitstone Windmill Princes
Places of interest in Buckinghamshire
Places_of_interest_in_Buckinghamshire
British politician and colonial administrator (1845–1927)
Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire of Chatsworth House, Lord Rosebery of Mentmore Towers, and Baron Lionel de Rothschild of Tring Park, son of Nathan Mayer
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_5th_Marquess_of_Lansdowne
Country house in Buckinghamshire, England
marquetry cabinet, later bought by Mayer Amschel de Rothschild for Mentmore Towers. It was in this room that Queen Victoria and her husband slept during
Stowe_House
Stock short title used for legislation
relating to the refusal of the Callaghan government to accept an offer of Mentmore Towers and its contents in lieu of inheritance tax. The National Heritage
National_Heritage_Act
English architect
Thatched Lodge, which stands at the end of a long avenue approach to Mentmore Towers. Devey was largely responsible for Ascott House, a neo-Tudor extravaganza
George_Devey
Dynasty of painters from Flanders
Manor. An enormous collection of Blarenberghe art was sold in the Mentmore Towers sale of 1977. Henri-Joseph painted, besides the miniatures, mainly
Blarenberghe
Movement promoting meditation technique
four countries. The Maharishi Foundation's headquarters resided at Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire beginning in 1978 and later moved to Skelmersdale
Transcendental Meditation movement
Transcendental_Meditation_movement
Country house in Berkshire, England
Palace is considered "unsuitably grand", while the planning of Paxton's Mentmore Towers is "incomprehensibly tortuous". The planning of Bearwood followed very
Bearwood_House
1998 single by Five
feature vocals solely from Robinson. The official music video, filmed at Mentmore Towers, was directed by Max and Dania. It was made for the radio edit version
Until_the_Time_Is_Through
Painting by Titian
Royal Academy, and it became well-known, as did a version once at Mentmore Towers that is now regarded as a copy. It was sold to Sir George Donaldson
A_Man_with_a_Quilted_Sleeve
Grouping within the British Liberal Party
Dalmeny House Barnbougle Castle Horses Cicero Ladas Sir Visto Mentmore Towers Mentmore and Crafton Studs Liberal Imperialists Liberal League Midlothian
Liberal League (United Kingdom)
Liberal_League_(United_Kingdom)
British parliamentary motion
Dalmeny House Barnbougle Castle Horses Cicero Ladas Sir Visto Mentmore Towers Mentmore and Crafton Studs Liberal Imperialists Liberal League Midlothian
1895 vote of no confidence in the Rosebery ministry
1895_vote_of_no_confidence_in_the_Rosebery_ministry
British government office
Baronet, of Harleyford House 1847: Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, of Mentmore Towers 1848: William Lowndes, of the Bury, Chesham 1849: John Kaye, of Fulmer
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
High_Sheriff_of_Buckinghamshire
Statue in Westminster, London
Royal Air Force church. The statue of Gordon was moved to safety at Mentmore Towers during the Second World War, and was re-sited in Victoria Embankment
Gladstone_Memorial,_London
Lady Battersea, women's activist (1843–1931)
House Champneys Eythrope Exbury Gardens Gunnersbury Park Halton House Mentmore Towers Tring Park Mansion Waddesdon Manor Spencer House Palais Rothschild
Constance_Flower
English philanthropist and temperance reformer (1844–1926)
House Champneys Eythrope Exbury Gardens Gunnersbury Park Halton House Mentmore Towers Tring Park Mansion Waddesdon Manor Spencer House Palais Rothschild
Annie_Henrietta_Yorke
Country house in Devon
art and curiosities; similar halls can be seen at Highclere Castle, Mentmore Towers and Halton House. Often known as lounge halls, they were usually furnished
Arlington_Court
Hurdle horse race in Britain
Unsinkable Boxer Brackenheath Cloone Bridge 1997 Forest Ivory Private Peace Mentmore Towers 1996 Pleasure Shared Superior Risk Buckhouse Boy 1995 Morgans Harbour
Sefton_Novices'_Hurdle
British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Paris. Blue Peter was retired to stud duty at his owner's Mentmore Stud on the Mentmore Towers estate in Buckinghamshire. Successful, he was near the top
Blue_Peter_(British_horse)
British art historian (1927–1982)
Rugbeian". At a "heavily attended auction" of works from Lord Rosebery's Mentmore Towers collection in 1977, Carritt realised that The Toilet of Venus, attributed
David_Carritt
Application of Transcendental Meditation technique in education
vice-chancellor. Institutions bearing the MERU name have also operated at Mentmore Towers, an estate in Buckinghamshire, England, and at Vlodrop, Netherlands
Transcendental Meditation in education
Transcendental_Meditation_in_education
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