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Grade II listed manor house in Gloucestershire, England

LocationEbrington, Gloucestershire, England

Coordinates52°03′27″N 01°44′01.68″W / 52.05750°N 1.7338000°W / 52.05750; -1.7338000

Ebrington Manor
Ebrington Manor House, west front, in a 19th-century engraving. St Eadburgha's Church, the parish church of Ebrington, is just visible at left
Location	Ebrington, Gloucestershire, England
Coordinates	52°03′27″N 01°44′01.68″W / 52.05750°N 1.7338000°W / 52.05750; -1.7338000

Location in Gloucestershire

Ebrington Manor is a grade II listed^[1] manor house in the parish of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, England. Since 1476^[2] it has been a seat of the Fortescue family, since 1789 the Earls Fortescue.

It is located within the village of Ebrington in Gloucestershire,^[3] immediately to the south-west of the parish church of Ebrington.^[4]

History

The house dates back to the fourteenth or fifteenth century, and was significantly altered twice, in the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.^[5]^[2] It was built on land purchased by Sir John Fortescue (c.1394-1479), who was Chief Justice of the King's Bench.^[5]

An heraldic cartouche above the entrance door displays the arms of Fortescue impaling Aylmer, representing Hugh Fortescue (1665–1719), and his second wife Lucy Aylmer, whom he married after 1708, a daughter of Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer (circa 1650–1720), grandparents of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (1753-1841).^[6]

During World War II the house was run by the American Red Cross for rest and recuperation for United States Army Air Forces bomber crews.^[7] In 1970 the house was the location of an attempted murder and arson.^[8]

The current Earl has three daughters and no sons. Therefore the family has been involved in a campaign to change inheritance laws.^[9]

It was listed as a grade II building by English Heritage on 25 August 1960.^[3]^[5]

Architecture

The limestone building has grey slate roofs and a central five-flue chimney. The main body of the house includes a 17th-century hall and balustraded gallery. There is extensive plasterwork throughout the house, some of which was moved from a summer house in the grounds.^[1] The main entrance gate piers and the summer-house in the grounds are both grade II* listed buildings.^[10]^[11] The garden was laid out in the 1940s.^[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ebrington Manor House.

1 2 "Ebrington Manor". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
1 2 3 "Fortescue: Ebrington Manor, Gloucestershire". Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
1 2 "Ebrington Manor". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
↑ "Ebrington Manor" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
1 2 3 "Ebrington Manor, (also known as Ebrington Hall), Chipping Campden, England". Parks and Gardens. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
↑ See image Archived 2014-05-14 at the Wayback Machine in listed building text described incorrectly as "Aylmer quartering Fortescue." Archived 2017-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Ebrington Manor". American Air Museum. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
↑ "REYNOLDS, John Gerrard Patrick: attempted murder, arson and other offences on 28..." National Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
↑ Bell, Matthew (15 June 2013). "To the manor born: The female aristocrats battling to inherit the title". Independent. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
↑ Historic England. "GATE PIERS AND WALLS AT END OF DRIVE TO EBRINGTON MANOR (1088546)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
↑ Historic England. "SUMMER HOUSE IN GROUNDS OF EBRINGTON MANOR (1170833)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

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