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Friar Park

1875 establishments in EnglandCountry houses in OxfordshireGardens in OxfordshireGeorge HarrisonGothic Revival architecture in Oxfordshire
Grade II listed buildings in OxfordshireGrade II listed housesGrade II listed parks and gardens in OxfordshireHenley-on-ThamesHouses completed in 1889Use British English from November 2011
Lodge at Friar Park geograph.org.uk 1588804
Lodge at Friar Park geograph.org.uk 1588804

Friar Park is a Victorian neo-Gothic mansion in Henley-on-Thames, England, built in 1889. It was originally owned by eccentric lawyer Sir Frank Crisp and purchased in January 1970 by English rock musician and former Beatle George Harrison. The site covers about 62 acres (25 hectares). Features include caves, grottoes, underground passages, a multitude of garden gnomes, and an Alpine rock garden with a scale model of the Matterhorn. Though rumour and tabloid reports often claim the building has 120 rooms, this was denied by the current owner, Olivia Harrison, while speaking to NPR Fresh Air in March 2004, at which time she clarified the number was somewhere around 30.

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Friar Park
South Oxfordshire Henley-on-Thames

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