Westbury Court (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Westbury On Severn.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire.
Modern Authority of Gloucestershire.
1974 county of Gloucestershire.
Medieval County of Gloucestershire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SO718138
Latitude 51.82211° Longitude -2.41053°

Westbury Court has been described as a probable Fortified Manor House.

There are no visible remains.

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*.

Description

A manor house is recorded at Westbury from 1200, with the early buildings probably standing south of the present gardens (SO 71 SW 10). The first house to be built on the site of the later buildings was probably built before 1524 and is depicted as an L-shaped house of two storeys with a large oriel window. This house was altered circa 1620 but was destroyed by fire in 1742. It was replaced between 1743-6 by a four storey brick-built house, possibly occupied only between 1780 and 1805, when it was dismantled and the building materials sold. A new house was constructed in 1895, incorporating an 18th century garden pavilion. The 19th century building was demolished in 1960, but the garden house survived and was rebuilt after 1968. The house was garrisoned during the Civil War. (PastScape)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1186569
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 1399928; 113349; 113342.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 9834.

Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 211
  Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Gloucestershire and Bristol (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 39
  Kingsley, Nicholas, 1989, The country houses of Gloucestershire Vol. 1 p. 194-96
  Verey, David, 1976, Buildings of England: Gloucestershire: the Vale and the Forest of Dean p. 400-1
  Herbert, N.M., 1976, in Elrington, C.R. and Herbert, N.M. (eds), VCH Gloucestershire Vol. 10 p. 85-6 online transcription
Periodical Articles
- Rawes, B., 1978, 'A Preliminary Check List of Moated Sites in Gloucestershire' Glevensis Vol. 12 p. 37 online copy

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