Dorneywood is an 18th-century house near Burnham in southern Buckinghamshire. Originally a Georgian farmhouse, it has Victorian and later additions, and following a fire in 1910, was remodelled in 191
A Rex Whistler mural at Dorneywood
A grace-and-favour home is a residential property owned by a monarch, government, or other owner and leased rent-free to a person as part of the perquisites of their employment, or in gratitude for se
Dorneywood
…remodelled in 1919 by Sir Robert Lorimer. It is a Grade II listed building. It was given to the National Trust by Lord Courtauld-Thomson in 1947 as a grace-and-favour country home for a senior member of the Government, usually a secretary of state or minister of the Crown. The Dorneywood Trust has the objective of…
View of numbers 10, 11, and 12 Downing Street – official residences of the First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister), Second Lord of the Treasury (Chancellor of the Exchequer), and the Chief Whip
Chequers – official country residence of the Prime Minister
Admiralty House – official ministerial residence
Admiralty Arch – formerly an official ministerial residence