Once the country retreat of Benjamin Disraeli, a British Prime Minister during the reign of Queen Victoria, this manor, nestled among the Chiltern Hills, looks imposing from the outside but the interior is but a modest affair. The house contains an array of memorabilia and personal possessions of Dizzy, offering an insight into the private life of an individual who rose from a humble background to the top.
What adds interest to the building is the period when the manor was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence during WWII and turned into a secret cartographic production unit where bombing maps were made for missions including the Dambusters raid. Some maps were so top secret that they could not be taken into the air; presumably the route would have to be memorised by the navigator.
What adds interest to the building is the period when the manor was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence during WWII and turned into a secret cartographic production unit where bombing maps were made for missions including the Dambusters raid. Some maps were so top secret that they could not be taken into the air; presumably the route would have to be memorised by the navigator.
Front entrance of Hughenden Manor
WWII memorabilia including a Ration Book!
A scarecrow in the Walled Garden
