The Vineyard is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

house at 79 Hurlingham Road,

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

, London. It was built in the early 17th century, and has 18th century alterations, and probably the largest private garden in the

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. In 1918, The Vineyard was purchased by the

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Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics o ...

, and he lived there from 1921 to 1947.

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was a frequent visitor. The house remained in the ownership of the Beaverbrook family until the 1990s.

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