The attention to detail in every element of this glorious house is testament to the personal pride and effort Prince Zylinski put into this Labour of Love.

The White House is based on a palace in Poland, which was owned by Prince John Zylinski’s grandmother. During World War II she was expelled from her palace by the Communist Government who then burnt it to the ground.

After a spell in a Concentration Camp she went to London, where her grandson John was born. Brought up on stories of this wonderful Polish Palace, he promised her when he was 6 years old that he would rebuild it.

Prince John kept his promise to his grandmother. Building work took 7 years. The White House construction was completed in May 2009.

The attention to detail in every element of this glorious house is testament to the personal pride and effort Prince Zylinski put into this Labour of Love.

Nothing was left of the Zylinski Family house. John only has 2 bricks left of the house in his office. He found some drawings of the house, but no photographs, so the look of the house is retained, but on a bit larger scale. There was a house here before - typical English style - red brick and so on, so he changed it “slightly". But the shape and the main walls remained unchanged. Redesigned the house himself, working on it for 7-8 years. The White House was built in Louis XV-style, the salon, library and Forest Room are an opulent blend of marble, gold cornicing and gold crystal chandeliers. Currently the works started of The Gate House, matching the style of the main house. The front wall of The Gate House - already done couple of years ago – called initially an Arch it is visible from the street.

Prince Zylinski’s father, for Gen. Anders and during the outbreak of II WW he led the victorious cavalry charge in Kaluszyn near Warsaw. To commemorate his bravery John built a statue of The Golden Horseman, also as a tribute to the whole Polish Cavalry fighting in 1939. Statue created by Polish sculptor Robert Sobocinski.
The statue, which took six months to make, is based on an early 19th century painting of Napoleon crossing the Alps on horseback. About 50 members of Mr Zylinski’s family, who go back to 1224 as a royal family, and hundreds of friends attended the unveiling.

Mr Zylinski said: “I decided to build a marble arch in 1990. I did not know when, how or where but through the power of visualisation it happened. It’s the power of positive thinking- that’s the power my father had too.”