Fritwell Manor

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Fritwell Manor
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Location of Fritwell Manor in Oxfordshire
TypeHouse
Location Fritwell, Oxfordshire
Coordinates 51°57′41″N1°14′19″W / 51.9613°N 1.2387°W / 51.9613; -1.2387
Built17th century, with later alterations
Architectural style(s) Vernacular
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameFritwell Manor
Designated26 November 1951
Reference no.1266393
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameGarage and stables 40M South East of Fritwell Manor
Designated26 February 1988
Reference no.1266439

Fritwell Manor is a house in Fritwell, Oxfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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History

In 1520, the manor at Fritwell was owned by Margaret Boleyn, grandmother of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England. [1] The present house dates mainly from 1619, when it was built for George Yorke. In the mid-19th century the manor was home to Robert Barclay Allardice, the noted pedestrian. [2] From 1893 it was bought and restored by Thomas Garner. Garner formed a thirty-year partnership with George Frederick Bodley, the architectural firm of Bodley & Garner being among the most successful of the late Victorian era. Garner died at the manor in 1903, after which it was bought by John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, who served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Chancellor. Simon, who purchased the house in 1911, greatly extended it in the 1920s, before selling up in 1933. [2]

The steam locomotive 7815 of the GWR Manor Class was named for the house; it was built in 1939 and withdrawn from service in 1964. [3]

Architecture and description

Fritwell Manor is constructed to a traditional Elizabethan E-plan. [4] The house is of two storeys with attics, and a three-bay frontage. [5] It is a Grade II* listed building. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Loades 2011, p. 38.
  2. 1 2 Lobel 1959, pp. 134–136.
  3. ↑ "'Manor' class details, 7800 - 7829". Great Western Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 Historic England. "Fritwell Manor (Grade II*) (1266393)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Brooks & Sherwood 2017, pp. 328–329.

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