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Glympton Park

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that had occupied the site since the 16th century or earlier. The property was owned by John Cupper and his wife, Audrey Peyto, and their descendants from 1547 to 1632. William Wheate bought the manor in 1633 and either he or one of his successors had the house remodelled later in the 17th century.
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George Henry Barnett, the nephew of Sir Jacob Wheate, 5th Baronet, inherited Glympton Park in 1846. In 1849 Barnett removed the east and west wings from the main front, re-faced the main front in
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By the early part of the 18th century it had an H-shaped plan with north and south courtyards each flanked on three sides by wings of the house.
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kitchen block on the east side. Barnett moved the main entrance to the west side, and gave the new entrance a
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porch. Glympton Park remained in the Barnett family until Benjamin Barnett sold it in 1944.
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In February 2021, Glympton Estates Ltd was sold to the King of Bahrain,
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Hipwell, Deirdre; Nereim, Vivian; Harvey, Benjamin (2 April 2021).
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In 1992, Glympton Park was bought for £8 million by Prince
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It was purchased in 1944 by Alan Paul Good, owner of
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Index

deer park
Glympton
Woodstock, Oxfordshire
England
country house
parish church of St. Mary
summerhouse
Grade II listed
manor house
Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Wheate, 2nd Baronet
Georgian
elevation
bays
dower house
Bath stone
mid-18th century style
Italianate
Tuscan
Lagonda
W. Garfield Weston
Alan Bond
Bandar bin Sultan
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa



"Saudi prince sells Cotswolds estate to king of Bahrain for £120m"
The Guardian

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