Kentchurch Court is a
Grade I listed stately home east from the village of
Kentchurch in
Herefordshire
Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...
, England.
History
It is the family home of the
Scudamore family
The Scudamore (or de Scudamore) family is an English noble family. The family settled in Herefordshire at two seats, Holme Lacy and Kentchurch Court, before lines moved to Devon, Somerset and Derbyshire. The family first gained prominence in the ...
. Family members included
Sir John Scudamore, who acted as
constable and
steward of a number of royal
castles in
south Wales at the start of the 15th century. He secretly married
Alys, one of the daughters of
Owain Glyndŵr, in 1410, and it has been suggested that the couple may have harboured Glyndŵr himself at Kentchurch after his disappearance around 1412, until his death.
BBC: Wales history: The revolt of Owain Glyndŵr
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Kentchurch Court has been used as a filming location for several films and television series including '' The Vault of Horror'', ''On the Black Hill
''On the Black Hill'' is a novel by Bruce Chatwin published in 1982 and winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for that year. In 1987 it was made into a film, directed by Andrew Grieve.
Plot summary
The novel's setting is the borde ...
'' and '' Regency House Party''. In 2011, it was the subject of a documentary presented by hotelier Ruth Watson
Ruth (or its variants) may refer to:
Places
France
* Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France
Switzerland
* Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny
United States
* Ruth, Alabama
* Ruth, Ar ...
as part of her ''Country House Rescue
''Country House Rescue'' is an observational documentary series which airs on British terrestrial television channel, Channel 4. The series has also aired on BBC Canada, ABC1 in Australia and Living in New Zealand and in South Africa.
In each e ...
'' series.
See also
* Grade I listed buildings in Herefordshire
* List of country houses in the United Kingdom
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for ...
References
External links
Kentchurch Court homepage
Country houses in Herefordshire
Grade I listed buildings in Herefordshire
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