Tythrop Park
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Tythrop Park is a Grade I–listed 17th-century manor house
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

, set in 51 acres (20.6 ha) of parkland, located in Kingsey
Kingsey
Kingsey is a small village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the boundary with Oxfordshire, about two miles east of Thame and a mile south of Haddenham....

, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

, England
England
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The property is noted as having installed an early duck decoy, similar to that at the Boarstall Duck Decoy
Boarstall Duck Decoy
The Boarstall Duck Decoy is a 17th-century duck decoy located in Boarstall, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property.At one time a common sight in the English countryside, only four duck decoys now remain. The Boarstall Duck Decoy is still in working order, and is surrounded by ...

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Bought in 2007 for £12.5 million by Nicholas Wheeler (founder of mail-order shirt company Charles Tyrwhitt
Charles Tyrwhitt
Charles Tyrwhitt is a British multi-channel retailer selling men's and women's shirts and other clothing.Charles Tyrwhitt was founded as a mail order company in 1986 by Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler while he was a student at Bristol University. In 1997, the company opened its first store in...

), and Chrissie Rucker (founder of The White Company), the couple renovated the property before moving in with their four children.

The main house and grounds are available for hire, either as a wedding venue or for formal social occasions and business functions.

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