Westbury Court

Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House

There are no visible remains

NameWestbury Court
Alternative Names
Historic CountryGloucestershire
Modern AuthorityGloucestershire
1974 AuthorityGloucestershire
Civil ParishWestbury On Severn

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)

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSO718138
Latitude51.8221092224121
Longitude-2.41053009033203
Eastings371800
Northings213800
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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

Journals

  • Rawes, B., 1978, 'A Preliminary Check List of Moated Sites in Gloucestershire' Glevensis Vol. 12 p. 37 online copy