Cherkley Court - home of Lord Beaverbrook, the Entertainer

Cherkley Court and its gardens near Leatherhead in Surrey were restored from 1999-2006 - with the help of a "blank cheque".
It was the Grade 2 listed family home of multi-millionaire Sir Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook the newspaper magnate and Cabinet Minister. In its heyday of the mid 20th century, he used to entertain on a grand scale with such notable guests and friends as Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Rudyard Kipling. The building has its own purpose-built cinema, library and collection of newspaper cartoons. This video shows the springtime views over the Mole gap towards Ranmore Common, the formal gardens and fountains, the new folly - a shell grotto, the kitchen garden and beehives, alongside the splendid architectural details of the restored mansion and a flag (with a red chicken?) flying above it.

It is located just by the Beaverbrook roundabout, named after him.


featuring The Entertainer by Scott Joplin

Artist: Derek Paravicini
Echoes of the Sounds to Be (SETHCD092), copyright 2006, SONUSTeCH.com
E. Himonides

"In the Key of Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Derek Paravicini" by Adam Ockelford

Producer: Grace Filby BA(Hons) Cert Ed FRSA
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Well done. Beautiful music.