Iver Grove is a country house in Iver in Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
Iver Grove is a country house in Iver in Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
The house, which was designed by John James in the Palladian style, was built for Lady Mohun and completed in 1724. [2] It was acquired by Admiral Lord Gambier in 1802 at which time the garden was full of unusual pansies. [3] After use as a Polish refugee camp during the Second World War, [4] it fell into disrepair and was acquired by the Ministry of Works in 1957 and was subsequently restored. [5] It was bought by Mr and Mrs James Howie Mitchell in 1961 [6] and by Sir Tom Stoppard and his wife, Miriam Stoppard, in the 1970s and they sold it on again in 1997. [5]
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