Madresfield Court

Madresfield Court

Madresfield Court is a country house in England, located next to the village of Madresfield in Worcestershire. It was the ancestral home of the Earls Beauchamp.

12th century Origins, Tudor Mansion with Gothic and Arts & Crafts Additions

The original Great Hall, built in the 12th century, stands at the core of this building. In 1593 Madresfield Court was rebuilt, replacing a 15th century medieval building. It was again remodelled in the 19th century to resemble a moated Elizabethan house and contains more than 100 rooms. The chapel was designed by the architect Philip Charles Hardwick and sumptuously decorated in the Arts and crafts style by Birmingham Group artists including Henry Payne, William Bidlake and Charles March Gere. [ [http://www.elmley.org.uk/pages/madresfield_court.asp Madresfield Court] The Elmley Foundation] . It has been cited as the most beautiful expression of the arts and crafts movement in Britain.

An Inspiration for Brideshead & Royal Safehouse?

The Court was the home of the 7th Earl Beauchamp. Evelyn Waugh was a frequent guest to the house and is said to have based the Flyte family in "Brideshead Revisited" on the Earls Beauchamp. During World War II, had the Germans invaded the United Kingdom, the house was planned as a place of evacuation for the British Royal Family. It is currently the home of Rosalind, Lady Morrison, niece of the 8th and last Earl Beauchamp.

Madresfield Court has never been sold or bought in all its long history, instead simply remaining in the hands of the Lygon family.

"Madresfield Court" is also the name of a variety of apple, first cultivated at the house.

"The Lygons of Madresfield Court" (Logaston Press, UK, 2001) by Dorothy E. Williams, Archivist and Librarian to Madresfield Court 1976-99, gives a vivid synthesis, local and national, of the eight earls, their families and forerunners.

References

External links

* Jane Mulvagh. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/24/sm_waugh24.xml " Evelyn Waugh: a blueprint for Brideshead"] "Daily Telegraph" 24 May 2008.
* Nicholas Shakespeare. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/31/bomul131.xml " Madresfield, a very private house"] "Daily Telegraph" 31 May 2008. Nicholas Shakespeare reviews "Madresfield: the Real Brideshead" by Jane Mulvagh.
* [http://www.abbotshill.freeserve.co.uk/Madresfield.htm Two pictures]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/10/nna10.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/10/ixhome.html Illustrated Daily Telegraph article about the proposed World War II royal evacuation]
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=2708 National Archive of records ARCHON entry]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/features/360/worcester/madresfield_index.shtml BBC feature with 360 ° panoramas]
* [http://www.pulham.org.uk/Sites/Madresfield/James%20Pulham%20at%20Madresfield.html An article about Madresfield's Victorian rock garden]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/292102 A photo on geograph]


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