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Waddesdon Manor (2)
Source The DiCamillo Companion to British and Irish Country Houses.
In 1874 Ferdinand purchased the Waddesdon and Winchendon estates from the Duke of Marlborough. The Waddesdon hillside was originally almost barren of trees; this was remedied by the planting of hundreds of fully-grown trees; sometimes requiring 16 horses to haul just one of the large trees (Ferdinand also had a special railroad built to haul the building materials to the top of the hill on which the House was built). Waddesdon is built of Bath stone and is designed in the French Renaissance style of the 16th century, with traces of the Loire Valley throughout the House. Baron Ferdinand once admitted that the towers of Waddesdon were borrowed from Maintenon, the chateau of the Duc de Noailles. The interiors were extravagantly done up in the French 18th century taste, with many rooms fitted out in historic paneling. The majority of the paneling came from historic Paris houses that were demolished in 1860s by Baron Haussmann as part of his improvements to the city during the reign of Napoleon III.Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Source
Waddesdon Manor (2)
Source The DiCamillo Companion to British and Irish Country Houses.
In 1874 Ferdinand purchased the Waddesdon and Winchendon estates from the Duke of Marlborough. The Waddesdon hillside was originally almost barren of trees; this was remedied by the planting of hundreds of fully-grown trees; sometimes requiring 16 horses to haul just one of the large trees (Ferdinand also had a special railroad built to haul the building materials to the top of the hill on which the House was built). Waddesdon is built of Bath stone and is designed in the French Renaissance style of the 16th century, with traces of the Loire Valley throughout the House. Baron Ferdinand once admitted that the towers of Waddesdon were borrowed from Maintenon, the chateau of the Duc de Noailles. The interiors were extravagantly done up in the French 18th century taste, with many rooms fitted out in historic paneling. The majority of the paneling came from historic Paris houses that were demolished in 1860s by Baron Haussmann as part of his improvements to the city during the reign of Napoleon III.Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Source