"Little Chequers" - Used By The Foreign Secretary... "Dorneywood" Near Burnham Beeches..
The first official occupants of "Little Chequers" - the name given to "Dorneywood" - the 45 room Queen Anne Mansion left by the late Lord Courtauld Thomson to the nation is Sir Anthony Even the Foreign Secretary and Lady Eden.. Dorneywood is a country house standing in 200 acres of land near Burnham Beeches, Bucks., and was left to the nation as a "Lesser Chequers" for the use of the Prime Minister or a Minister of the Crown.. The house is just as Lord Courtauld-Thomson left it - and is furnished mainly by 18th. century pieces - and containing many collectors pieces of Chippendale..
Keystone Photo Shows:- View of some of the cottages in the grounds of Dorneywood House - which house the staff.. The house stands in 200 acres of land near Burnham Beeches, Bucks..
Photo measures 10.25 x 8 inches.
Photo is dated 01-01-1955.
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