Cliveden

/ ˈklɪvdən /

noun

1. a mansion in Buckinghamshire, on the N bank of the Thames near Maidenhead: formerly the home of Nancy Astor and the scene of gatherings of politicians and others (known as the Cliveden Set ); now a hotel

Example Sentences

The first is Cliveden, standing high above the woods and facing down the river to Maidenhead.

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The dormers of Cliveden and Mount Pleasant are of this type but further elaborated by projecting ornamental scrolls at the sides.

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Sometimes the plaster walls were188 left white or painted, as in the hall at Cliveden and the library at Stenton.

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Very similar door trim without the rosette is to be seen at Cliveden and in numerous other houses.

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I put the mare to trotting, and we rode on past Cliveden and Mount Airy, neither speaking for a while.

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