Chequers (England)
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- Work cat.: 97204951: Major, Norma. Chequers, the Prime Minister's country house and its history, 1997.
- Barth. gaz. of places in Britain("Chequers Bucks 18 C1 Prime minister's country residence 3m/4km NE of Princes Risborough. Part dates from 16c. SP8405")
- New Shell guide to England:p. 465 ("Near to Kimble, with Ellesborough as its parish church, stands the country home of the Prime Minister, hidden away from the road in hundreds of acres of parkland. Chequers Court was given to the nation for the benefit of the prime ministers of Britain as a thanks-offering for the end of World War I. The 13th-c manor house was rebuilt by Sir William Hawtrey in the 15th c.")
- Britannica Micro.:v. 2, p. 805 (Chequers, properly Chequers Court)
Series: Nixon White House Photographs, 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974
Collection: White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration), 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974, Public domain
Chequers ( CHEK-ərz) is the country house of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. A 16th-century manor house in origin, it is near the village of Ellesborough in England, halfway between the towns of Princes Risborough and Wendover in Buckinghamshire, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 40 miles (64 km) north-west of Central London. Coombe Hill, which is two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) northeast, was once mostly part of the estate. Chequers has been the country home of the serving prime minister since 1921 after the estate was given to the nation by Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham by a Deed of Settlement, given full effect in the Chequers Estate Act 1917. The house is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.
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