Chequers
| Chequers | |
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Chequers, the official country residence of British prime ministers since 1921 | |
| Alternative names | Chequers Court |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Elizabethan |
| Address | Missenden Road Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP17 0UZ |
| Coordinates | 51°44′36″N 0°46′55″W / 51.74333°N 0.78194°W |
| Completed | c. 1556 |
| Client | William Hawtrey |
| Owner | The Chequers Trust |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Red brick with stone dressings and roof tiles |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Chequers |
| Designated | 21 June 1955 |
| Reference no. | 1125879 |
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens | |
| Official name | Chequers |
| Designated | 30 August 1987 |
| Reference no. | 1000595 |
| Grade | I |
Chequers or Chequers Court (/ˈtʃɛkərz/ CHEK-ərz) is the country house of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. A 16th-century manor house, it lies near the village of Ellesborough, halfway between the towns of Princes Risborough and Wendover in Buckinghamshire, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 40 miles (64 km) north-west of Central London. Coombe Hill, which is two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) northeast, was once mostly part of the estate.
Chequers has been the country home of the serving prime minister since 1921, when it was given to the nation by Viscount Lee of Fareham via a Deed of Settlement, given full effect in the Chequers Estate Act 1917. The house is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.[1]
- ^ Historic England, "Chequers (1125879)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 December 2016