Ascot Place

The Grade I listed Grotto

Ascot Place is an 18th-century mansion, set in 400 acres (1.6 km2) of parkland between Cranbourne, North Ascot and Winkfield in the English county of Berkshire.

It is located close to Windsor Great Park and Ascot Racecourse. The mansion itself and various statues and other structures in its garden are Grade II listed, whilst a grotto to the south of house and at west end of lake is Grade I listed.[1]It is currently being looked after by Lord Rob Hernandez

Records of Ascot Place date back to 1339, with owners including baked beans tycoon H.J. "Jack" Heinz II. In 1989, Sheikh Khalifa bin Sultan Al Nahyan, bought it for £18 million from Mercedes-Benz heir Mick Flick.[2] His father and Ruler Sheikh Zayed had bought Tittenhurst Park, another listed Berkshire property, the year before his purchase of Ascot Place.[3] And also William Lidderdale, Governor of the Bank of England, and Sir Harry Livesey.

References

  1. ↑ "BFBC Listed Buildings" (PDF). Bracknell Forest Borough Council. November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  2. ↑ "Ascot Place". Britain.tv. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-NAHYAN". The Times (68224). 4 November 2004. p. 79. Retrieved 14 March 2016 – via The Times Digital Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

Coordinates: 51°26′01″N 0°41′10″W / 51.43366°N 0.68621°W / 51.43366; -0.68621

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