Chenies Manor, (also known as Chenies Place), Amersham, England

Chenies Manor, once known as Chenies Place, has existed on this site since the 11th century. The core of the present house dates back to about 1460, with later additions.

The gardens were previously redesigned by Lutyens and Jekyll in the late 19th century but have been substantially remodelled in recent years by the present owners.

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.   

HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT

The history of the site before the 1880s is obscure. It was owned by the Bedford Estate as part of estate holdings in Chenies village. During the 1880s and early 1890s the house was a boarding school for young ladies (Dunne 1888). In 1893 Adeline, Dowager Duchess of Bedford (widow of the 10th Duke who died earlier that year) moved to Woodside, and commissioned Edwin Lutyens (1866-1944) and Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) to design the garden (although no planting plans by Gertrude Jekyll appear to survive for this garden). In 1896-1897 C E Kempe remodelled the house. The Duchess died in 1920, and in 1946 the property was leased by Air Commodore C. E. Benson from Metropolitan Railway Country Estates and was bought by him in 1954. The house and grounds are now (1997) in divided ownership, the western portion of the house known as Chenies Place (sic), the eastern portion still known as Woodside.