Historic houses · West Midlands
Woodchester Mansion
Woodchester Mansion — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
Chris Gorringe — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Woodchester Mansion 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
Woodchester Mansion is an unfinished, Gothic Revival mansion house in Nympsfield, Gloucestershire, England. It is on the site of an earlier house known as Spring Park. The mansion is a Grade I listed building. The mansion was abandoned by its builders in the middle of construction, leaving behind a building that appears complete from the outside, but with floors, plaster and whole rooms missing inside. It has remained in this state since the mid-1870s. The mansion's creator William Leigh bought the Woodchester Park estate for £100,000 in 1854, demolishing the existing house, which had been home to the Ducie family. A colony of approximately 200 greater horseshoe bats reside within the attic of the mansion, and have been studied continuously since the mid-1950s.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The original manor house for Woodchester was in the heart of the settlement of Woodchester, next to the old church. After a succession of owners, the manor was granted to George Huntley in 1564. Subsequently, he decided to create a deer park, a little distance from the manor house, by both purchase and through the enclosure of common agricultural land in the Inchbrook Valley. A seven-mile long boundary wall surrounded the park and by 1610 a hunting lodge was built at the western end.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7107, -2.2776
- County
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Stroud
- Parish
- Woodchester
- Postcode
- GL10 3TS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stroud
- Established
- 1870
Sources
- wikidata: Q8032495 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Woodchester Mansion (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Woodchester Mansion?
- Woodchester Mansion is in Gloucestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode GL10 3TS), in the parish of Woodchester.
- When was Woodchester Mansion built?
- Built or established in 1870.
- Is Woodchester Mansion a listed building?
- Woodchester Mansion is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Woodchester Mansion?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode GL10 3TS. It sits within the Stroud parliamentary constituency.