Welcombe Hotel

Welcombe Hotel occupies a 19th century former country mansion house near Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire which was previously known as Welcombe House. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Welcombe, which was part of the Manor of Old Stratford, was granted by the Bishop of Worcester in 1537 to John Combe. In 1663 William Combe settled the estate and manor house on his grandson Sir Combe Wagstaffe.

In about 1775 the estate was acquired by John Lloyd of Snitterfield. Both his son George 1806 and his grandson John Gameliel Lloyd 1832 served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire.

In about 1835 Mark Philips a wealthy Manchester Cotton Manufacturer bought the estate and in about 1866 commissioned Thomas Newby to build a new mansion house in a Neo Jacobean style to designs by architect Henry Clutton. Philips was High Sheriff in 1851. On his death his brother Robert Needham Philips inherited the estate of almost 3400 acres. On Robert's death in 1890 his daughter Caroline who married Sir George Otto Trevelyan inherited the property. Their son George Macauley Trevelyan was born at Welcombe House in 1876

Trevelyan died in 1928 and the house was sold to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and was converted to an hotel.

Menzies Hotel Spa and Golf Club now occupy an estate of 157 acres.

References

* [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=366434&mode=quick Images of England: Welcome Hotel]
* [http://www.british-history.org.uk/report.aspx?compid=57019 "A History of the County of Warwick, Volume 3" Manor of Welcome (1945) p 266 from British History Online]