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Chequers (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ k ər z / CHEK-ərz) is the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.A 16th-century manor house in origin, it is near the village of Ellesborough, halfway between Princes Risborough and Wendover in Buckinghamshire, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 40 miles (64 km) north-west of central London.
12 Downing Street (official residence of the Government Chief Whip but currently houses the Offices of the Prime Minister) Chequers (Country residence of the Prime Minister) Carlton Gardens, St. James's (No. 1 is the official residence of the Foreign Secretary and No. 2 houses the Privy Council Office)
Chequers, Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire – official country house of the Prime Minister; 11 Downing Street, Westminster – official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Second Lord of the Treasury) 12 Downing Street, Westminster – formerly the official residence of the Chief Whip, now the site of the Downing Street Press Office
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The Chequers Estate Act 1917 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. c. 55) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that designates Chequers as the official country residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
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The house itself covers over 15,000 square feet, including eight bedrooms, a conservatory and a ballroom. A three-story coach house has additional bedrooms. In 1984 the house had sat empty for several decades and a plan was made to make it the official residence of the mayor of Chicago, though the plan was never realized. [2]