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Fort Brecqhou 
bre-KOO
Guernsey, Brecqhou Island, Guernsey, England
Started 1994
Completed 1996
Status: Fully Extant
bre-KOO
Guernsey, Brecqhou Island, Guernsey, England
Started 1994
Completed 1996
Status: Fully Extant
Special Info / Location/ Date
Special Info
Phonetic Pronunciation of House Name
bre-KOO
Location
Country
England
District Today
Guernsey
Historic County
City / Town / Village
Guernsey, Brecqhou Island
Latitude
49.43278
Longitude
-2.38996
Date
Start Date
1994
Completion Date
1996
Circa Date
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Architects
Extant / Listed / References
Extant
Extant Type
Fully Extant
Extant Details
Listed
House Listed As
Not Listed
Gardens Listed As
Not Listed
On SAVE Britain's Heritage's List of Buildings at Risk
No
Country House: Yes
References
Vitruvius Britannicus
Vitruvius Scoticus
J.B. Burke (Burke's Visitation of Seats)
Country Life
J.P. Neale (Neale's Views of Seats)
Access / Ownership / Seat
Access
Open to Public Please note: Houses listed as being open "By Appointment" are usually country house hotels or B&Bs.
Grounds Only - By Appointment
Historic Houses Association Member
Phone Number If calling from the U.S., delete the first "0" in British numbers.
Fax Number
Email
Website
Awards
Current Ownership
Current Ownership Type
Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use
Private Home
Current Ownership Use / Details
Seat ("Seat" is loosely defined
as any family that occupied the house for a period of 2 years or more)
Today Seat of
Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay
A Past Seat(s) of
Possible (Unsure) Seat of
History / Gardens & Park / Movies
History
Earlier House(s) / Building(s)
House Replaced By
Built / Designed For
Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay
House & Family History
Fort Brecqhou is the largest house built in Britain in the last 200 years. The house is a granite-clad castle on a quadrangular plan, built in the castellated Gothic style, complete with circular turrets at the 4 corners. It features giant twisted chimneys of the style developed during the reign of Henry VIII (this chimney style is unique to English architecture). The tenement of Brecqhou was purchased by the Barclay brothers in 1993 for £2.3 million, with the cost of building the house, gardens, and outbuildings estimated at £90 million.
Collections
This field lists art objects that are currently or were previously in the collection of the house.
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Comments
Gardens & Park
Garden, Park, Follies and Outbuildings
Chapel & Church
Movies
Location for Movies / TV
Bibliography
| Author | Watkin, David |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Reference | pgs. 164, 168 |
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