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Little Wolford Manor
Little Wolford Manor is a Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ... house in Little Wolford, Warwickshire, England. It has been a listed building since 1952, and dates back to the late 15th or early 16th century. It was restored in 1935 by Norman Jewson. It is set in 34 acres, and was purchased in 1957 by Guy and Diana Ward, parents of the present owners (as of 2021). Guy Willoughby Ward died on 29 December 2020, aged 96. In May 2021, it was listed for sale at a guide price of £5 million. References {{coord, 52.01519, -1.61936, format=dms, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Country houses in Warwickshire Grade II* listed buildings in Warwickshire Grade II* listed houses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Wolford Manor House - Geograph
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Grade II* Listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. The classification schemes differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (see sections below). The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, although the statutory term in Ireland is " protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to be done on a listed building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Wolford
Little Wolford is a hamlet and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District, Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. With the neighbouring parish of Great Wolford it is part of 'The Wolfords'. Little Wolford is significant for its Grade II* Listed building, listed 15th- to 16th-century Little Wolford Manor. History According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', Wolford derives from the Old English 'wulf' with 'weard', meaning a "place protected against wolves". ''The Concise Oxfordshire Dictionary of English Place-names'' adds that 'weard' might mean "guard", and as such might here be unique usage, as an "arrangement for protection, [or] fence", the whole name perhaps "enclosure to protect flocks from wolves".Ekwall, Eilert (1936); ''The Concise Oxfordshire Dictionary of English Place-names'', Oxford University Press, 4th ed. (1960), p. 529 . In the ''Domesday Book'', the settlement is variously listed as 'Ulware', 'Ulwarda' and 'Wolwarde', and in 1242 as 'P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Jewson
Norman Jewson (12 February 1884 – 28 August 1975) was an English architect-craftsman of the Arts and Crafts movement, who practised in the Cotswolds. He was a distinguished, younger member of the group which had settled in Sapperton, Gloucestershire, a village in rural southwest England, under the influence of Ernest Gimson. Surviving into old age, he brought their ideas and working methods into the second half of the twentieth century. His book of reminiscences has become established as a minor classic of the English Arts and Crafts movement. His repair of the Tudor Owlpen Manor in 1925–26 is often regarded as his most representative and successful work. Early career Jewson was born in 1884 of a family of the long-established Jewson timber merchants in Norwich, Norfolk, who were a locally prominent Baptist family involved in public service in East Anglia. His elder brother was Percy Jewson, Lord Mayor of Norwich 1934-35 and National Liberal MP for Great Yarmouth 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Houses In Warwickshire
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Grade II* Listed Buildings In Warwickshire
The county of Warwickshire is divided into five districts. The districts of Warwickshire are North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon, and Warwick. As there are 356 Grade II* listed buildings in the county they have been split into separate lists for each district. * Grade II* listed buildings in North Warwickshire * Grade II* listed buildings in Nuneaton and Bedworth * Grade II* listed buildings in Rugby (borough) * Grade II* listed buildings in Stratford-on-Avon (district) * Grade II* listed buildings in Warwick (district) See also * Grade I listed buildings in Warwickshire There are over 9,000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the county of Warwickshire, by district. North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Warwickshire Lists of listed buildings in Warwickshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
