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Chenies Palace in the parish of Chenies in Buckinghamshire, England, is a Tudor Grade I listed building once known as Chenies Manor House, although it was never a royal seat nor the seat of a bishop. It was held by the Cheney family since 1180 and passed by marriage successively to the Semark and Sapcote families and thence in 1526 to the Russell family, Earls of Bedford, later Dukes of Bedford, by whom it was held for several centuries. Although the Russells soon abandoned Chenies as its main seat in favour of Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, Chenies parish church remains the site of the private "Bedford Chapel", the mausoleum still in use by that family. John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford set about improving the house both as his home and enlarging it to the size and standard needed to house the royal court, so he could host visits from the king. The house was probably constructed by him around 1530–1550, while the significantly larger north range, which included the royal apartments, has been demolished. Russell had a meteoric career as an advisor to successive monarchs, becoming wealthy and titled and acquiring other properties. By about 1608 Woburn Abbey had become the principal family residence. Thereafter Chenies became increasingly neglected; the surviving buildings are the ones which were still considered practical. At the northern end of the west wing, there is an undercroft from the previous medieval manor house which occupied the same site, which is a scheduled ancient monument (SM 27145). (en) Chenies Manor House, ubicata a Chenies, Buckinghamshire, nel sud dell'Inghilterra, è una manor storica, anticamente chiamata Chenies Palace, proprietà della famiglia Cheyne dal 1180. L'attuale edificio fu costruito intorno al 1460 da Sir John Cheyne. La sua vedova, Lady Agnes Cheyne, lasciò in eredità la manor alla nipote, Anne Semark, moglie di Sir David Phelip nel 1494. Ampliamenti vennero realizzati nel 1526 da John Russell, I conte di Bedford e nel 1560 venne ristrutturata da Francis Russell, II conte di Bedford, che ne fece la sua dimora principale. La manor rimase in possesso dei Russell fino al 1954 ed è ora di proprietà della famiglia Macleod Matthews. Essa è aperta al pubblico per periodi limitati, essendo utilizzata come casa privata per la maggior parte dell'anno. Essa comprende un pozzo di epoca medievale e una canonica celata che ospitava preti cattolici durante il regno di Elisabetta I. Nel 2004 la serie TV britannica, Time Team, vi iniziò degli scavi archeologici. Essa è nota per i suoi giardini circostanti. Lo storico dell'architettura, Nikolaus Pevsner, descrisse la manor come: "Splendidamente dolce sotto gli alberi presso la chiesa e archeologicamente un puzzle affascinante." Ventitré singoli camini in mattoni tagliati distinguono la casa e le fanno eco in tutto il villaggio. Chenies Manor House. Dalla piazza del villaggio un viale privato di ghiaia conduce fino alla casa padronale. Subito fuori dei cancelli si trova la chiesa parrocchiale di San Michele, insieme con la grande Cappella privata Bedford. Nel 2007 è stato girato all'interno della Chenies Manor House gran parte del film di Funeral Party di Frank Oz. (it) |
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Chenies Palace in the parish of Chenies in Buckinghamshire, England, is a Tudor Grade I listed building once known as Chenies Manor House, although it was never a royal seat nor the seat of a bishop. It was held by the Cheney family since 1180 and passed by marriage successively to the Semark and Sapcote families and thence in 1526 to the Russell family, Earls of Bedford, later Dukes of Bedford, by whom it was held for several centuries. Although the Russells soon abandoned Chenies as its main seat in favour of Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, Chenies parish church remains the site of the private "Bedford Chapel", the mausoleum still in use by that family. (en) Chenies Manor House, ubicata a Chenies, Buckinghamshire, nel sud dell'Inghilterra, è una manor storica, anticamente chiamata Chenies Palace, proprietà della famiglia Cheyne dal 1180. L'attuale edificio fu costruito intorno al 1460 da Sir John Cheyne. La sua vedova, Lady Agnes Cheyne, lasciò in eredità la manor alla nipote, Anne Semark, moglie di Sir David Phelip nel 1494. Chenies Manor House. Nel 2007 è stato girato all'interno della Chenies Manor House gran parte del film di Funeral Party di Frank Oz. (it) |
