Ascot Place is a 18th century mansion, set in 400 acres (1.6 km²) of parkland between Cranbourne

Cranbourne, Berkshire

Cranbourne is a village in Berkshire, England, within the civil parish of Winkfield in the borough of Bracknell Forest.The settlement lies near to Windsor Great Park and Legoland Windsor, and is approximately south-west of Windsor. Neither Cranbourne Chase nor Cranbourne Lodge, which it surrounds,...

, North Ascot

North Ascot

North Ascot is an area of Ascot in the county of Berkshire in England. It lies north of the A329 and west of the A332, adjoining the famous racecourse, Heatherwood Hospital and the village of Burleigh.- Local government :...

 and Winkfield

Winkfield

Winkfield is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest unitary authority of Berkshire, England.-Geography:According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 15,271...

. It is located close to Windsor Great Park

Windsor Great Park

Windsor Great Park is a large deer park of , to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. The park was, for many centuries, the private hunting ground of Windsor Castle and dates primarily from the mid-13th century...

 and the Berkshire Polo Club. The mansion itself and various statue

Statue

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s and other structures in its garden are Grade II listed, whilst a grotto

Grotto

A grotto is any type of natural or artificial cave that is associated with modern, historic or prehistoric use by humans. When it is not an artificial garden feature, a grotto is often a small cave near water and often flooded or liable to flood at high tide...

 to the south of house and at west end of lake is Grade I listed.

Records of Ascot Place date back to 1339, with owners including baked beans tycoon H.J. "Jack" Heinz II

H. J. Heinz II

Henry John Heinz II , best known as Jack Heinz, was an American business executive and CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA....

. In 1989, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

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 and president of the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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, bought it for £18 million from Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

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 heir Mick Flick

Flick family

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. And also William Lidderdale

William Lidderdale

William Lidderdale PC was a British merchant, and governor of the Bank of England between 1889 and 1892.Lidderdale was born to British parents at the British Chaplaincy in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and was educated at Birkenhead in Cheshire.After working for the Russian merchants Heath and Co, he...

, Governor of the Bank of England, and Sir Harry Livesey

Harry Livesey

Sir Harry Livesey GBE was a British civil engineer.Livesey served as Deputy Director of Inland Waterways and Docks at the War Office from August 1916 to May 1917, when he became Director of Contracts at the Admiralty, holding the post until December 1918.He was knighted as Knight Commander of the...

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In 2009, Bracknell Forest Borough Council approved a scheme to build a 6 in 6 in (1.98 m) high, 4 miles (6.4 km) long brick wall around the entire estate's perimeter, at an estimated cost of £2.2million.