The House from a circa 1920 postcard
Built / Designed For: John Corbett
House & Family History: Chateau Impney was designed for John Corbett, a wealthy salt manufacturer known as "the King of the Midlands Salt Industry." Corbett married a French woman (very likely his children's nanny) and built Impney Hall, as it was then called, to remind his wife of the châteaux of the Loire Valley. There was nothing like the Louis XIII style house in England at the time, French being an unpopular style for the exterior of houses. Legend has it that 3,000 men worked to build the amazing over-the-top house.
Garden & Outbuildings: The House today sits in 150 acres of grounds.
Architect: Richard Phene Spiers
Date: 1869
Title: England's Thousand Best Houses
Author: Jenkins, Simon
Year Published: 2003
Reference: pgs. 846-847
Publisher: London: Allen Lane
ISBN: 0713995963
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Waddesdon Manor: The Heritage of a Rothschild House
Author: Hall, Michael (Text); Taylor, John Bigelow (Photographs)
Year Published: 2002
Reference: pg. 44
Publisher: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN: 0810932393
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II*
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: John Corbett, 19th century.
Current Ownership Type: Corporation
Primary Current Ownership Use: Conference Center
Ownership Details: Today Chateau Impney & Regent Centre
House Open to Public: By Appointment
Phone: 01905-774-411
Fax: 01905-772-371
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.chateau-impney.com
Historic Houses Member: No