Coniston Chase

Coniston Chase is the principal seat of the Marquesses of Coniston and is located in Buckinghamshire. The house was originally a hunting box or hunting lodge built during the time of Queen Elizabeth, which became the seat for the Viscountcy of Milbury during the reign of William and Mary, when the lodge was extended to either side and the columns and two wings were added. When the Viscountcy became subsumed into the Marquessate of Coniston in the 1750s, the park was renamed with only the word 'Chase' indicating the house's original purpose.

The family has stories that the first Viscount Milbury had initially conceived the house to be an unusual octagonal building, with a round tower at each corner and a courtyard or garden in the centre. In the event, however, only three wings were actually built, and it remains to be seen whether the house will ever be completed to its original concept. The house is built (or at least finished) in white Portland stone.

The previous Marquess spent the last four years of his life at Coniston Chase, undertaking a redesign of several of the State rooms, an overhaul only completed shortly before his death in 1810.

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  The west front of the house

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  The ballroom

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  The Long Hall

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  The Library

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  The Yellow Drawing Room

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  The summer Breakfast Room

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  The Tapestry Drawing Room

Coniston Chase is represented by Goodwood