Waddesdon Manor
Grade I listed country house in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Summary
Waddesdon Manor is a historic house museum[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of historic house museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,979 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Historic Houses Association[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Waddesdon[4]
- Country: United Kingdom[5]
- Instance of: English country house[6], history museum[7]
- Architect: Hippolyte Destailleur[8], Elie Lainé[9]
- Commissioned by: Ferdinand James von Rothschild[10]
- Maintained by: National Trust[11]
- Owned by: National Trust[12]
- Operator: National Trust[13]
- Architectural style: Renaissance Revival architecture[14]
- Postal code: HP18 0JH[15]
- Part of: National Trust[16]
- Commons category: Waddesdon Manor[17]
- Inception: 1877[18]
- OS grid reference: SP7331116514[19]
- Official website: http://www.waddesdon.org.uk[20], https://waddesdon.org.uk/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Waddesdon Manor[22]
- Has facility: accessible toilet[23]
- Described at URL: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/waddesdon-manor[24]
- Heritage designation: Grade I listed building[25], Grade I listed park and garden[26]
- Present in work: Downton Abbey[27]
- Commons Institution page: Waddesdon Manor[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WP EMEW manor-related focus list[29]
- Street address: Waddesdon, nr. Aylesbury HP18 0JH[30]
- Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of Waddesdon Manor[31]
Why It Matters
Waddesdon Manor has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]