Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire was designed by Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. The infobox gives a start on August 18, 1877 and completion in 1883. The text gives 1874 to 1889, where 1874 is when the estate was bought.
The article calls the style Neo-Renaissance, echoing several French châteaux. It names no main material but mentions a hidden steel frame supporting the upper-floor walls. It gives no dimensions.
It was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1957 and opened in 1959. It was restored from 1990 to 1997, and the wine cellars opened in 1994. A gold snuff box was stolen in 2003. It is a museum owned by the National Trust and run by the Rothschild Foundation, with over 463,000 visitors in 2019. The article gives no hours.
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