The Gettys may be famous for their massive wealth and love of art but Easton Neston itself would put many museums to shame.

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But his many commissions with Vanbrugh at Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, and by himself at Easton Neston, Oxford and Cambridge prove he was no rebel angel.

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In fact, Max -- who spends only part of the year at Easton Neston -- has become so enamored with "all things English" that he's relocated part of his design studio to a former real tennis court in a wing designed by Sir Christopher Wren, famous for the construction of St Paul's Cathedral in London.

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