Trent Park House

Trent Park House is a large house built around 1895 in the early Georgian style. It was recased in 1926 by Charles Holden for Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, a British politician and art collector from the prominent Baghdadi Jewish business family known as ‘the Rothschilds of the East’. The house may include parts of an earlier 19th-century building, but these are not visible.

The entrance front has three storeys and a basement, featuring thirteen windows, with the centre and ends projecting. It is constructed of red brick with stone quoins, bands, window architraves, and a balustraded parapet. The sash windows have glazing bars, and the central doorcase is adorned with a Corinthian entablature and a serpentine open pediment. The basement areas have balustrades, and between each outer pair of ground floor windows, there are classical statues on plinths. The north front is similar, with stone urns on a low wall and a classical figure group on a plinth at the west end.

Inside, there is an impressive suite of inter-connecting reception rooms along the north front, featuring classical details. Some panels of Chinese wallpaper are mounted in the control room, and there is painted decoration attributed to Rex Whistler in the end rooms. The house also boasts a fine entrance hall and staircase. Sir Philip Sassoon hosted notable figures such as the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) and Sir Winston Churchill here.