Photo: Owlpen Manor by Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
About this place
Owlpen Manor is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house near Uley in Gloucestershire, within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The building incorporates medieval, Tudor and Jacobean work, with recorded additions from 1616.
Behind the house lies a formal garden of yew-hedged terraces, recognised as one of the most complete surviving examples of an early formal garden on a manorial scale.
The Mander family restored the house substantially in the 1920s with architect Norman Jewson, and the estate remains in family ownership today, operated for weddings, holiday lets and events.
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The manor has belonged to the Mander family for several generations and incorporates medieval, Tudor and Jacobean building phases, with recorded work from 1616. In the 1920s the family undertook a major restoration with Arts and Crafts architect Norman Jewson, reviving the house from disrepair. The Church of the Holy Cross stands within the estate grounds, and the recorded history of the site spans roughly a thousand years.
Architecture
The house displays Tudor and Jacobean building phases, with mullioned windows and gabled stone elevations characteristic of Cotswold vernacular architecture. It is Grade I listed.
Worth knowing
The medieval Church of the Holy Cross stands within the estate grounds.
Gardens & grounds
The formal garden behind the house comprises a sequence of clipped yew terraces climbing the slope. It is recognised as one of the most complete surviving examples of an early formal garden on a manorial scale.
Facilities
Plan your visit
Nearest station: Cam & Dursley Rail Station (3.8 miles)
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Within 5 miles of Owlpen Manor there are 8 historic properties, including 3 historic buildings and 2 historic houses, across English Heritage, Historic Houses and National Trust sites.
Within 10 miles of Owlpen Manor there are 22 historic properties, including 7 historic houses, 6 historic buildings and 5 churchs, across Historic Houses, English Heritage and Churches Conservation Trust sites.
Within 20 miles of Owlpen Manor there are 55 historic properties, including 17 historic buildings, 16 historic houses and 9 churchs, across Historic Houses, English Heritage and Churches Conservation Trust sites.
Facts
A Tudor manor with one of England's finest surviving early formal gardens, restored and still occupied by the family that brought it back to life.
- Type
- historic house
- Location
- Gloucestershire, England
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