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Chequers (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ k ər z / CHEK-ərz) is the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A 16th-century manor house in origin, it is near the village of Ellesborough, halfway between Princes Risborough and Wendover in Buckinghamshire, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 40 miles (64 km) north-west of central London.
Chequers, ou Chequers Court, é uma casa de campo situada próxima de Ellesborough, a sudeste de Aylesbury no condado de Buckinghamshire,Inglaterra, junto a "Chiltern Hills". É a residência de campo oficial do Primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido .
Chequers, o Chequers Court, es una casa de campo situada cerca de Ellesborough, al sureste de Aylesbury en el condado de Buckinghamshire, en Inglaterra, a los pies de las Colinas Chiltern. Es la casa de campo del primer ministro del Reino Unido.
Chequers has large gardens and an engraving above the entrance encourages visitors with a phrase: ‘All Care Abandon Ye Who Enter Here’. Chequers is filled with historical items and the walls are covered with artwork, including paintings by Peter Paul Rubens and Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Chequers, country house, administrative and historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, situated 30 miles (50 km) northwest of London, the official country residence of the prime ministers of Great Britain. The estate is about 1,500 acres (600 hectares) in extent. Chequers owes much of its present.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
12 de mai. de 2020 · Chequers is to be the future country home of British Prime Ministers. Such is the generous and patriotic resolve of its present owners. Sir Arthur and Lady Lee came to this most delightful Buckinghamshire seat some ten years ago, and at once began conservative reparations.
8 de jun. de 2023 · Chequers has been the official second home of serving prime ministers since 1921. It is a 16th-century, Grade I-listed, manor house near the village of Ellesborough in Buckinghamshire.
