Historic houses · South West England
Melbury House
Melbury House — Grade I listed house in West Dorset, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Chetnole · 2.7 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Melbury House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed house in West Dorset, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.8519°, -2.6030°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Melbury Park SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Dorset
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Melbury House is an English country house in the parish of Melbury Sampford near Evershot, Dorset. The Grade I listed mansion is the home of the Honourable Charlotte Townshend, a major landowner in east Dorset, through her mother, Theresa Fox-Strangways (Viscountess Galway), daughter and heiress of Harry Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester.
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Background
History
Melbury House has been the seat of the Strangways family of Dorset since the estate was acquired in 1500 from William Browning (alias Bruning, etc.) by Sir Henry Strangways (c.1465–1504) who had married his widow. The mediaeval manor house of the Browning family was rebuilt after 1546 by Henry's great-grandson Sir Giles Strangways (1528–1562) using ham stone from a quarry nine miles away. Though Sir Giles lived extravagantly and encumbered his considerable estate with debts at his premature death, at Melbury he built a conservative house, "a courtyard with no frills", as Mark Girouard described it, "apart from the one gesture of its tower". This remarkable feature, a hexagonal tower, rises…
Description
The house and its stable yard to the north are Grade I listed buildings. The landscaped gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
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- Coordinates
- 50.8519, -2.6030
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Melbury Sampford
- Postcode
- DT2 0LF
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Dorset
- Nearest railway station
- Chetnole — 2.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q17532238 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Melbury House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Melbury House and church.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Melbury House?
- Melbury House is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode DT2 0LF), in the parish of Melbury Sampford.
- Is Melbury House a listed building?
- Melbury House is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is Melbury House a protected site?
- Yes — Melbury House is part of the Melbury Park SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Dorset National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Melbury House?
- The nearest railway station is Chetnole, about 2.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DT2 0LF.