Chiltern
Sculpture Trail
(Forestry Commission)
situated between junctions 5 and 6 of the M40. Open all day throughout
the year.
Tel: 01865 723684
website
Situated
in the Chiltern hills, a designated area of outstanding
natural beauty, the Chiltern Sculpture Trail is between
Junctions 5 & 6 of the M40 and within easy travelling
distance of Oxford, London and Reading. The Trail
is located in Cowleaze Wood on the Oxfordshire-Buckinghamshire
border, beside the road from the A40 to Christmas
Common, approx. 2 miles from them both. It is well
sign-posted from the A40 and can be found on Ordnance
Survey Landranger map 165 - Aylesbury & Leighton
Buzzard area - Grid reference SU725955. GPS users
can pinpoint the Trail at N51º 39.276 / W000º 57.102.
Greys
Court
Rotherfield Greys
Henley
Tel: 01491 628529
website
This
picturesque house, mainly Tudor in style, has a beautiful
courtyard and one surviving tower dating from 1347.
The house has an interesting history and was involved
in Jacobean court intrigue. It has been the home
of the Brunner family since the 1930s and the interior,
with some outstanding 18th-century plasterwork, is
still furnished as a family home. Outside are a Tudor
wheelhouse, walled gardens full of old-fashioned
roses and wisteria, an ornamental vegetable garden,
maze and ice-house.
Stonor
Park
Stonor
Henley
Tel: 01491 638587
website
Historic home of Lord and Lady Camoys and the Stonor family for over
800 years. The house is surrounded by a wooded deer park in a valley
in the Chiltern Hills. With its origins in the 12th century the house
has architectural features of medieval Tudor and Georgian periods
now with a warm red brick facade. The ancient family Catholic chapel
is situated alongside near the site of a pre-historic stone circle.
To the rear of the house a hillside walled garden affords commanding
views of the deer park. Inside on display are many items of rare
furniture, sculptures, bronzes, paintings and family portraits from
Britain, Europe and the USA. The family's Catholic roots are evident
and an exhibition within the house features the life and work of
St Edmund Campion.
