Overbury Court

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Overbury Court
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Location within Worcestershire
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Type Country house
Architectural style Georgian
Location Overbury, Worcestershire, England
Coordinates 52°02′09″N2°03′53″W / 52.035761°N 2.064606°W / 52.035761; -2.064606 Coordinates: 52°02′09″N2°03′53″W / 52.035761°N 2.064606°W / 52.035761; -2.064606
Completed c.1740

Overbury Court is a Georgian style country house in Overbury, Worcestershire, England. It is a privately owned Grade II* listed building. [1]

Overbury village in the United Kingdom

Overbury is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, midway between Evesham and Tewkesbury south of Bredon Hill.

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It is built in two storeys of golden limestone ashlar with a hipped Welsh slate roof behind tall parapets and with large ashlar ridge stacks. An additional attic storey is of a darker stone and incorporated into the parapet. The front facade has 7 bays, of which the 2 central bays break forward and are surmounted by a pediment.

The surrounding parkland comprises a linear belt of land some 2.5km by 0.75km and is Grade II* listed in its own right. [2]

History

Overbury manor was bought in 1723 from the Parsons family by John Martin of the Martins Bank banking family. The existing Elizabethan manor house burnt down in 1738 after which Martin commissioned the building of the present house in a Georgian style, which was completed c.1740.

John Martin (1692–1767) (bap. 1692, d. 1767) banker

John Martin (1692–1767) was a British banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1747.

Martins Bank

Martins Bank was a London private bank, trading for much of its time under the symbol of “The Grasshopper”, that could trace its origins back to the London goldsmiths. Martins agreed to its acquisition by the Bank of Liverpool in 1918. The Bank of Liverpool wanted Martins to give it a London presence and a seat on the London Clearing House; the Martins name was retained in the title of the enlarged bank which was known as The Bank of Liverpool and Martin's Limited. The title was shortened to Martins Bank Limited in 1928 at the insistence of the directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank when it was bought by the Bank of Liverpool and Martins. The Head Office and managerial control remained firmly in Liverpool, cementing Martins' place as the only English national bank to have its Head Office outside London.

The house has passed down in the Martin family to the present day (2018). However, since the Rev. Frederick Holland, Vicar of Evesham, married into the family the surname of this branch of the family has been Holland-Martin.

Several members of the Overbury Martins have been Members of Parliament for the local constituency of Tewkesbury and two have been High Sheriffs of Worcestershire. Sir Richard Martin was created a baronet in 1905.

Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Tewkesbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 recreation by Laurence Robertson, a Conservative.

Sir Richard Martin, 1st Baronet, of Overbury Court British politician

Sir Richard Biddulph Martin, 1st Baronet was an English banker and Liberal Party politician.

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