Faringdon House
Faringdon House is a Grade I listed 14,510 square feet house in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England. It was built about 1770–1785 for the Poet Laureate Sir Henry James Pye.[1]
It was the country home of Lord Berners, who inherited it in 1918. He moved in to Faringdon House in 1931, along with his companion, Robert Heber-Percy, nearly 30 years his junior and known as the Mad Boy. In 1942, Heber-Percy married Jennifer Ross, the only child of Sir Geoffrey Fry, 1st Baronet, and they had a daughter, Victoria, although the ménage à trois lasted only two years before Jennifer and their daughter moved to her parents home, Oare House in Wiltshire.[2]
Lord Berners died in 1950, and Heber-Percy inherited the house.[2]
It now belongs to the writer Sofka Zinovieff, the granddaughter of Heber-Percy.[3][4] As of September 2017[update], it is for sale at a price of £11.5 million.[5][6]
References
- ^ Historic England. "FARINGDON HOUSE, Great Faringdon (1048410)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ a b "A Palladian gem immortalised by Nancy Mitford". houseandgarden.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (19 October 2014). "The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me review – a family saga with all the trimmings". The Observer. London. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Cecil, Mirabel (18 October 2014). "My mad gay grandfather and me". The Spectator. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ "Faringdon House Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8AE". search.savills.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ http://search.savills.com//content/assets/properties/gblhchlac150171/LAC150171_LAC17002815.PDF