Buckland House is a large Georgian stately home and the manor house of Buckland in the Oxfordshire, England (formerly in Berkshire). It is a masterpiece of Palladian architecture erected by John Wood, the Younger for Sir Robert Throckmorton in 1757.
Buckland House stands with extensive grounds known as Buckland Park, which includes gardens, a cricket ground and a 150 acres (61 ha) deer park. The previous manor house, Buckland Manor House, also stands in the park. Buckland House is a Grade II* listed building in the Palladian style. Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "the most splendid Georgian house in the Country", It is rumoured that a ghost of a white lady haunts the house.
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