Long Crendon Manor
Frogmore Lane, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9DZ
The first mention of Long Crendon Manor was in the Domesday book. Sir Walter Giffard (d.1102) was right-hand man to William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings and was awarded several manors including the manor of Long Crendon for his part in defeating King Harold.
William Marshal, known as ‘The Greatest Knight’, was Lord of the Manor of Long Crendon and was one of the 25 barons to force King John to put his seal on the Magna Carta.
Long Crendon Manor began as a dwelling for the abbots of Notley in about 1187. From the original Great Hall the house evolved with the East wing added in the 14th Century and the West wing in the 15th Century. Under the ownership of Laline Hohler, daughter of Lady De L’Isle of Dudley and Penshurst, over 1920 and 1921 the house was restored and extended by the renowned architect, Phillip Tilden, who went on to restore Chartwell House for Sir Winston Churchill.
Long Crendon Manor has been under the same family stewardship from 1977 and continues to develop as a working estate.