Tythrop Park

{{Short description|Manor house in Kingsey, Buckinghamshire, England}}

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| location = Kingsey

| area = Buckinghamshire

| built = 17th century

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| owner = Nicholas Wheeler and Chrissie Rucker

| designation1 = Grade I

| designation1_offname = Tythrop House

| designation1_date = 26 August 1949

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File:In English Homes Vol 1 Tythrop House Kingsey the ascent to the gallery 31295001575223 0199.jpgTythrop Park, also known as Tythrop House, is a Grade I–listed{{NHLE| num=1159819 |desc=Tythrop House |grade=I |accessdate=7 January 2015}} 17th-century manor house, set in {{convert|51|acres}} of parkland, in Kingsey, Buckinghamshire, England. According to Pevsner the exterior is plain and unpromising, but inside the house he describes the staircase as one of the finest in the county, with "extremely luscious openwork foliage".{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |title=The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire |date=1960 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071019-1 |page=180}}

The property is noted as having installed an early duck decoy, similar to that at the Boarstall Duck Decoy.{{cite web |url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=473500&y=206500&z=3&sv=473500,206500&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=762&ax=474429&ay=206713 |title=Streetmap.co.uk- search results |website=www.streetmap.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930211730/http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=473500&y=206500&z=3&sv=473500,206500&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=762&ax=474429&ay=206713 |archive-date=2007-09-30}}

It was owned by the barrister and peer Jonathan Marks, Baron Marks of Henley-on-Thames from 1998 to 2007, when it was bought for £12.5 million by Nicholas Wheeler (founder of mail-order shirt company Charles Tyrwhitt), and Chrissie Rucker (founder of The White Company).{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/country-houses-tumble-in-value-rlvjwhmxxp0 |title=Country houses tumble in value|first=Lucy |last=Denyer |newspaper=The Times|date=15 January 2008|access-date=29 August 2011}} The couple renovated the property before moving in with their four children.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/8188616/White-Christmas-at-home-with-Chrissie-Rucker.html|title=White Christmas: at home with Chrissie Rucker|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|first=Nicole |last=Swengley|date=8 December 2010|accessdate=29 August 2011}}