In a nutshellThis creamy Victorian mansion with French château flourishes in the densely wooded Surrey Hills is a real head-turner. Follow the long drive through the golf course to be greeted at the front door by porters in 1920s-inspired garb (bow ties, cricket tank tops and flat caps). Hand over your cares with your car keys and imagine you are arriving at one of the elegant house parties that were hosted here by the former owner Lord Beaverbrook. The politician and press baron was at the centre of 20th-century high society, playing host to everyone from Elizabeth Taylor to Winston Churchill (though it would perhaps be more remarkable to discover a country pile within 20 miles of London that Churchill didn’t stay in). The unveiling…

Source: The Times June 14, 2019 23:04 UTC