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Ebrington Manor is a
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manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
in the
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of
Ebrington Ebrington (known locally as Yabberton or Yubberton) is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, about from Chipping Campden. It has narrow lanes and tiny streets of Cotswold stone houses and cottages, many of which are thatched ...
in
Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...
, England. Since 1476 it has been a seat of the Fortescue family, since 1789 Earls Fortescue.


Location

It is located within the village of
Ebrington Ebrington (known locally as Yabberton or Yubberton) is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, about from Chipping Campden. It has narrow lanes and tiny streets of Cotswold stone houses and cottages, many of which are thatched ...
in Gloucestershire, immediately to the south-west of the parish church of Ebrington.


History

The house dates back to the fourteenth or fifteenth century, and was significantly altered twice, in the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. It was built on land purchased by Sir John Fortescue (c.1394-1479), who was
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. An heraldic
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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 Admiral of the Fleet Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer (ca. 1650 – 18 August 1720), of Covent Garden, Westminster, and Westcliffe, near Dover, was an Anglo-Irish Royal Navy officer and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House o ...
(circa 1650–1720), grandparents of
Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue (12 March 1753 – 16 June 1841) was a British peer, created Earl Fortescue in 1789. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaumaris from 1784 to 1785. Origins He was the son of Matthew Fortescue, 2nd ...
(1753-1841). During
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the house was run by the
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for rest and recuperation for
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bomber crews. In 1970 the house was the location of an attempted murder and arson. The current Earl has three daughters and no sons. Therefore the family has been involved in a campaign to change inheritance laws. It was listed as a
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building by
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on 25 August 1960.


Architecture

The
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building has grey slate roofs and a central five flue chimney. The main body of the house includes a 17th centy hall and
balustrade A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its con ...
d gallery. There is extensive plasterwork throughout the house, some of which was moved from a summerhouse in the grounds. The main entrance gate piers and the summer-house in the grounds are both grade II* listed buildings. The garden was laid put in the 1940s.


See also

* Rental Refund Problems We had intended to visit The Manor for a week this August 2022. Unfortunately my wife had a burst appendix and we had to cancel our entire trip, including our stay at The Manor. According to their own Terms and Conditions we are entitled to a 50% deposit. We have been attempting to recover this deposit ever since. It is now December and they have still refused to even acknowledge us. *
Castle Hill, Filleigh Castle Hill in the parish of Filleigh in North Devon, is an early Neo-Palladian country house situated north-west of South Molton and south-east of Barnstaple. It was built in 1730 by Hugh Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton (1696–1751), who ...
, Devon, principal seat of the Earls Fortescue until the death of the 5th Earl in 1958, who bequeathed it to his eldest daughter,
Lady Margaret Fortescue Lady Margaret Fortescue (13 December 1923 – 25 May 2013) was a British huntswoman, and one of the country's largest private landowners, including the Castle Hill estate and of Exmoor. Early life Lady Margaret Fortescue was born on 13 Decemb ...
, and bequeathed
Weare Giffard Weare Giffard is a small village, civil parish and former manor in the Torridge district, in north Devon. The church and manor house are situated 2 1/2 miles NW of Great Torrington in Devon. Most of the houses within the parish are situated ...
Hall in Devon to his younger daughter. His brother and heir, the 6th Earl, was thus left with Ebrington as his seat, a more modest, although more ancient, possession of the Fortescue family. *
Viscount Ebrington A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...
, secondary title of Earl Fortescue, borne as a
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by his eldest son and
heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
, who frequently resided at Ebrington during his father's lifetime.


References

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