The Château was purchased in 1938-39 by the French aesthete Carlos de Beistegui, who enlarged it, with the professional help of Emilio Terry.
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The Château de Groussay is located in the town of Montfort-l'Amaury, in the Department of Yvelines, in France.
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Beistegui created new gardens, inspired by the Anglo-Chinese gardens of the 18th century and by an 18th-century copper tent in the royal gardens of Drottningholm Palace in Sweden.
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Cecil Beaton's inspiration for Henry Higgins' library in My Fair Lady was the library at Groussay.
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