Historic houses · West Midlands
Westwood House
Westwood House — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Westwood House is a Grade I-listed building in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Westwood House is a stately home, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. It has been subdivided into twelve self-contained apartments. The house has origins as an Elizabethan banqueting hall with Caroline additions and is a Grade I listed building. It was for several centuries the seat of the Pakington family. Situated west of Droitwich, it lies in the centre of its former estate, Westwood Park, which is Grade II listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. With its four diagonal wings, added to the original, early-17th century house at some time later in the same century, the house's design was a precursor of the Butterfly plan which became popular in the 19th century.
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Background
History
Eustachia de Say and her son Osbert FitzHugh gave the church located at Westwood to Fontevraud Abbey, in the Loire valley, where Henry II of England, his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and their son Richard I (the Lionheart) are buried. Soon afterwards, a small priory was erected at Westwood, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, for six Benedictine nuns. Over the centuries the convent grew until it ultimately numbered eighteen sisters. The last prioress, Joyce Acton, received at the dissolution an annual pension of ten pounds. After the dissolution Henry VIII granted Westwood, with its demesne lands, to Sir John Pakington. The Pakington family seat was in the adjacent village of Hampton…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2736, -2.1837
- County
- Worcestershire
- District
- Wychavon
- Parish
- Westwood
- Postcode
- WR9 0AD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham
Sources
- wikidata: Q15979606 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Westwood House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Westwood House?
- Westwood House is in Worcestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode WR9 0AD), in the parish of Westwood.
- Is Westwood House a listed building?
- Westwood House is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Westwood House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode WR9 0AD. It sits within the Droitwich and Evesham parliamentary constituency.