HARTWELL HOUSE

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Hartwell House is a Grade 1 listed Jacobean country house with a Georgian front and Rococo interiors, set in a picturesque landscaped park and was famously the home of the exiled French King Louis XVIII in the early 19th century.

The 90 acres of gardens at Hartwell were laid out by Capability Brown in 1750. The North Avenue is a grand vista through trees planted in 1830, sadly today terminated by the ever encroaching town of Aylesbury. The gardens are reminiscent of nearby Stowe, with statues, an obelisk and ornamental bridge.

The Hartwell Estate currently covers 1,800 acres (7.3 km2) of farmland surrounding Hartwell House.