Cliveden

Cliveden is an English country house and estate in the care of the National Trust in Buckinghamshire, on the border with Berkshire. The Italianate mansion, also known as Cliveden House, crowns an outlying ridge of the Chiltern Hills close to the South Bucks villages of Taplow and Burnham. The main house sits 40 metres (130 ft) above the banks of the River Thames, and its grounds slope down to the river. There have been three houses on this site. The first was built in 1666 and burned down in 1795, while the second house was constructed around 1824 and was also destroyed by fire, in 1849. The present Grade I listed house was built in 1851 by the architect Charles Barry for the 2nd Duke of Sutherland.

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English country house, historic house museum, country house hotel, 

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1962 Stanley Spencer Gallery

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1972 Orleans House Gallery

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1974 Berkshire Yeomanry Museum

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1975 Hanwell Zoo

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1976 Chiltern Open Air Museum

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1980 The History On Wheels Museum

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1981 Watford Museum

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1982 World Rugby Museum

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1985 Museum of Eton Life

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1986 Headstone Manor and Museum

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1986 Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Museum

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1989 Museum of Army Music

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1991 Amersham Museum

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1991 Brooklands Museum

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1993 Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

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1993 Maidenhead Heritage Centre

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1993 Twickenham Museum

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1995 Kempton Steam Museum

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1997 Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum

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1998 Haddenham Museum

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1998 River and Rowing Museum

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1999 Trenchard Museum

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2002 Berkshire Library & Museum of Freemasonry

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2004 Amersham Fair Organ Museum

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2004 Chesham Museum

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2005 Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

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2009 Hertfordshire Fire Brigade Museum

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2009 Marlow Museum

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2016 Heath Robinson Musuem

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2018 Eel Pie Island Museum

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Cliveden House

Cliveden

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		National Trust Heritage Records page@		Wikidata
site	castle	1066	Berkhamsted Castle	ruins, motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1070	Windsor Castle	castle, palace, tourist attraction, English country house, historic house museum, royal palace, Residence of the British Royal Family	Wikidata
site	castle	1348	Greys Court	quadrangular castle, English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Chenies Manor House	English country house, manor house, historic house museum, garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Dorneywood Garden	garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Kew Gardens	botanical garden, higher education institution, herbarium, garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Runnymede	water-meadow, garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Syon House	garden, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Boston Manor	manor house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway	heritage railway, ELR railway line section	Wikidata
site	museum		Cliveden	English country house, historic house museum, country house hotel	Wikidata
site	museum		Cole Museum of Zoology	university museum, zoological museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dorney Court	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Egham Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Eton College Collections	art collection, classroom museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Eton College Natural History Museum	classroom museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Gunnersbury Park	park, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion	museum, building, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Headstone Manor	manor house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Living Chair Museum	furniture museum	Wikidata
site	museum		London Bus Museum	transport museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		London Transport Museum Depot	museum, museum storage	Wikidata
site	museum		Mapledurham House	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Milton's Cottage	English country house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Berkshire Aviation	aviation museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Old Gorhambury House	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Pitzhanger Manor	art museum, library building, manor house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Stonor Park	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Thame Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		The Queen's Cottage	historic house museum, thatched cottage	Wikidata
site	museum		Tring Local History Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		West Wycombe Park	English country house, historic house museum, estate	Wikidata
site	museum		Wycombe Museum	local museum, independent museum, furniture museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1515	Hampton Court Palace	palace, theatre building, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1610	Ham House	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1631	Kew Palace	palace, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1684	Frogmore House	English country house, historic house museum, Residence of the British Royal Family	Wikidata
site	museum	1749	Strawberry Hill House	house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1761	Osterley House	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1883	Reading Museum	local museum, museum building, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1889	Natural History Museum at Tring	natural history museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1922	Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology	university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1930	Surrey Heath Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1939	Battle of Britain Bunker	bunker, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1951	Museum of English Rural Life	archive, university museum, academic archive, agricultural museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1951	Windsor and Royal Borough Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1962	Stanley Spencer Gallery	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1963	Musical Museum	museum, charitable organization, music museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1965	Chertsey Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1972	Orleans House Gallery	art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1974	Berkshire Yeomanry Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	Hanwell Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1976	Chiltern Open Air Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1980	The History On Wheels Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Watford Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1982	World Rugby Museum	sports museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Museum of Eton Life	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Headstone Manor and Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Museum of Army Music	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Amersham Museum	local museum, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Brooklands Museum	automobile museum, transport museum, independent museum, sports museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Bushey Museum and Art Gallery	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Maidenhead Heritage Centre	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Twickenham Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Kempton Steam Museum	museum, nonprofit organization, waterworks museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1997	Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	Haddenham Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	River and Rowing Museum	local museum, maritime museum, independent museum, sports museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Trenchard Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2002	Berkshire Library & Museum of Freemasonry	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Amersham Fair Organ Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Chesham Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2005	Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2009	Hertfordshire Fire Brigade Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2009	Marlow Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2016	Heath Robinson Musuem	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2018	Eel Pie Island Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2019	National Paralympic Heritage Centre	museum, heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	2020	Radlett and District Museum	museum, local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
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commons	image		Cliveden DSC 0078 (2303566693)		Commons
commons	image		Scenes at Cliveden and Coulter Hospitals Wellcome L0027208		Commons
commons	image		The royal palaces, historic castles and stately homes of Great Britain; (1913) (14766963025)		Commons
commons	image		The Gardeners' chronicle - a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects (1913) (14579823707)		Commons
commons	image		Our Philadelphia (1914) (14801960383)		Commons
commons	image		"Cliveden," Viscount Waldorf Astor house, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. LOC 7419862400		Commons
commons	image		"Cliveden," Viscount Waldorf Astor house, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. LOC 7419849632		Commons
commons	image		Cliveden House		Commons
commons	image		Cliveden		Commons