Norgrove Court is a stately home near

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in North Eastern

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built in 1649. It is

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on the

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Front elevation of Norgrove Court - geograph

Location

Norgrove Court is located on Norgrove Lane, in the parish of

Feckenham Feckenham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Redditch in Worcestershire, England. It lies some south-west of the town of Redditch and some east of the city of Worcester. It had a population of 670 in the 2001 census and its immedi ...

near the hamlets of Elcock's Brook and Callow Hill, in Worcestershire.

History

Built in 1649, it was nationally recorded as a listed building in 1954. The Old Cottage to the south west of Norgrove Court is listed Grade II and is the only surviving outbuilding of the main house. N Pevsner documented the house.

Notable residence

* Sir Thomas Cookes (1648–1701), settled an endowments on

Bromsgrove School Bromsgrove School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, England. Founded in 1553, it is one of the oldest public schools in Britain, and one of the 14 founding members of the Headmaste ...

and

Worcester College, Oxford Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms w ...

with a preference for students from

among others.

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{{Redditch Country houses in Worcestershire Grade I listed buildings in Worcestershire Grade II listed buildings in Worcestershire Grade I listed houses Grade II listed houses Houses completed in 1649 Redditch