Vere harmsworth, 3rd viscount rothermere

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The entrance (north) front of Ferne Park, the home of Viscountess Rothermere. Built 2000 to 2002 to designs by Quinlan Terry. Image via QFT.

After the sale of Daylesford(see previous posts on the quintessential Cotswolds country house here,here,here,and here)to Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, was Viscount Rothermere left without a proper country seat?  Not for long.  Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere(born 1967, son of Vere and Pat "Bubbles" Harmsworth, see earlier post here),built an exemplary new country house, 2000 to 2002, on the 200 acres known as Ferne Park.


An aerial view of Ferne Park. Image via QFT.

The present house is the third that had stood on the site with a view to the Dorset Hills.  The second house had been demolished in 1965.  The Harmsworths had been looking for a property with views and old out-buildings that could be developed;  Ferne Park filled those requirements.  The local planning authority had three restrictions that were gladly respected:  the house mus

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