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In 1909 the estate was sold to the Sassoon family. Sir
Philip Sassoon inherited the estate in 1912 and went on
to entertain many notable guests at Trent Park’s famously
decadent parties which were frequented by celebrities
including Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill.
demolished or altered, except for the west service wing,
between 1926 and 1931. The projecting wings were
added to the front entrance. These modifications led to a
large mansion in early-Georgian style.
Sir Philip Sassoon died in 1939 and the house was
requisitioned by the government for use during the
Second World War where it was used to inter captured
German officers.
Trent Park possessed a landscape designed by Humphry
Repton but the existing house was Victorian and
undistinguished. Sassoon had the Victorian additions
Above, Partially conservation cleaned large panel painting above the fireplace in the Blue Room.
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