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Portal:Cliveden
{{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]]

(contracted; show full)nd floor is the library, panelled in cedar wood, which the Astors used to call the "cigar box"<ref>Crathorne, 1995, p.181.</ref>, and, next door, Nancy Astor's [[boudoir]]. Upstairs are five bedrooms and on the second floor another five. The East wing was and still is guest accommodation, whereas the West wing was domestic offices but in 1994 these were converted into more bedrooms.  The National Trust tour only includes the Great Hall and French Dining Room.

==Cliveden Hotel==

[[Image:Cliveden, June 2005.JPG|thumb|right|Cliveden Hotel from the parterre]]⏎
In 1984 a hotel company &ndash; Blakeney Hotels (later Cliveden Hotel Ltd) &ndash; acquired the lease to the house. Led by chairman John Lewis and managing director John Tham (husband of ''[[Railway Children]]'' actress [[Jenny Agutter]]) they restored and refurbished the interior.<ref name='Crathorne202'>{{Harvnb|Crathorne|1995|p=202}}</ref> Rooms are furnished with Edwardian antiques and the house is run in a similar style as it would have been when Nancy Astor was chatelaine. ⏎
[[Image:Cliveden, June 2005.JPG|thumb|leftt|Cliveden Hotel from the parterre]]⏎
 In 1990 they added the indoor swimming pool and spa treatment rooms in the walled garden, complementing the existing outdoor pool. Also in 1990 a new 100-year lease was granted to run from 1984.<ref name='NT46'>{{Harvnb|National Trust|1994|p=26}}</ref> In 1994 the conversion of the West wing from domestic offices to provide more bedrooms and two boardrooms (Churchill and Macmillan) was completed.<ref name='Crathorne204'>{{Harvnb|Crathorne|1995|pp=204–5}}</ref> Th(contracted; show full)[[Category:Historic house museums in Buckinghamshire]]

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