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{{about|the British mansion|Benjamin Chew's mansion in Germantown, Pennsylvania|Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House)}}
[[Image:Cliveden-2382.jpg|thumb|400px|View looking north from the Ring in the Parterre showing Terrace Pavilion and Clock Tower to the left with Lower Terrace and Borghese Balustrade below]]

'''Cliveden''' is an Italianate [[mansion]] and estate at [[Taplow]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]. Set on banks {{convert|40|m|ft}} above the [[River Thames]], its grounds slope down to the river. The site has been home to an Earl, two Dukes, a Prince of Wales and the Viscounts Astor. 

Today owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]], the house is leased as a [[Star (classification)|five-star hotel]] run by [[von Essen HotelsAs home of [[Nancy Astor]], the house was the meeting place of the [[Cliveden set]] of the 1920s and 1930s - a group of political intellectuals. Later, during the 1960s, it became the setting for key events of the notorious [[Profumo Affair]].   During the 1970s, it was occupied by [[Stanford University]] of California who used it as an overseas campus. Previously, as home of [[Nancy Astor]], it was the meeting pToday owned by the [[National Trust for Places of the [[Cliveden set]] of the 1920s and 1930s - a group of political intellectuals. Later, during the 1960s, it became the setting for key events of the notorious [[Profumo AffairHistoric Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]], the house is leased as a [[Star (classification)|five-star hotel]] run by [[von Essen Hotels]].  

"Cliveden" (pronounced CLIV-d'n) means "valley among cliffs"<ref name='Brewer'>{{cite book | last = Room | first = Adrian | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Brewer's Dictionary of Names: People Places and Things | publisher = Brewer | year = 1992 | location = | page = 118 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-1-85986-232-2 }}</ref> and refers to the dean or valley which cuts through the estate to  the west of the house. "Cliveden" has been spelled differently over the centuries, some of the variations being Cliffden, Clifden, Cliefden and Clyveden.<ref name='Crathorne10'>{{Harvnb|Crathorne|1995|p=10}}</ref>  The {{convert|375|acre|ha}} gardens and woodlands are open to the public, together with parts of the house on certain days. There have been three houses on this site: the first, built in 1666, burned down in 1795 and the second house (1824) was also destroyed by fire, in 1849. The present Grade 1 listed house was built in 1851 by the architect [[Charles Barry]] for [[George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland]]. 

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==Present house==
[[Image:Cliveden 02.jpg|thumb|The north front]]
Designed by Sir Charles Barry in 1851 to replace a house previously destroyed by fire, the present house is a blend of the English [[Palladian architecture|Palladian]] style and the Roman Cinquecento.<ref>Crathorne, 1995, p.29.</ref> The Victorian three-storey mansion sits on a {{convert|400|ft|m|adj=on}} long, {{convert|20|ft|m|adj=on}} high brick terrace or viewing platform (only visible from the South side) which dates from the(contracted; show full)[[Category:Historic house museums in Buckinghamshire]]

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