Benjamin Disraeli and his wife, Mary Anne, came to live at Hughenden in 1848. He had by then established a reputation as a novelist and had already become the effective leader of the Tory party in the House of Commons. He was to become Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Derby's three ministries and Prime Minister in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880. On the termination of his first ministry, Mrs Disraeli was made Viscountess Beaconsfield in her own right. Disraeli himself remained a commoner until 1876, when he was created Earl of Beaconsfield. After Lady Beaconsfield's death in 1872, Disraeli continued to live at Hughenden until his death in 1881.

At the time of the Disraelis' purchase, Hughenden was a white-painted, three-storeyed Georgian building of simple appearance. In 1862 the architect E.B. Lamb was called in to embellish the exterior and to add the Gothic decoration which, inside and out, gives it its distinctive flavour.
The west wing was added much later by Disraeli's nephew, Coningsby.

We will visit the Drawing Room, the Garden Hall, the Disraeli Room and Dining Room, the Bartozzi Room, the South Bedroom and the Library.

All prices are calculated on a minimum group of 20 participants. In case the group is smaller the cost might rise by no more that £5 per person.