Shockerwick House

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Shockerwick House
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Location Bathford, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°24′04″N2°18′14″W / 51.40111°N 2.30389°W / 51.40111; -2.30389 Coordinates: 51°24′04″N2°18′14″W / 51.40111°N 2.30389°W / 51.40111; -2.30389
Builtc. 1750
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated1 February 1956 [1]
Reference no.32269
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Location of Shockerwick House in Somerset

Shockerwick House in Bathford, Somerset, England was built as a manor house around 1750 by John Wood, the Elder. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1] It is set in 7.7 hectares (19 acres) of parkland [2] within the Bybrook River valley.

The site was a manor prior to its purchase in 1740, from the estate of Anthony Carew, [3] by the Wiltshire family. The Wiltshires commissioned John Wood, the Elder to design the house and grounds. Thomas Gainsborough was a frequent visitor and painted several canvases in the orangery of the house including that of Edward Orpin, Parish Clerk of Bradford-upon-Avon which is now in the Tate. [4] Another visitor was William Pitt the Younger who was at Shockerwick when he heard about Napoleon's victory at the Battle of Austerlitz. [2]

In the 1880s the house was bought by Charles Morley the Member of Parliament for Breconshire. [2] The house was altered in 1896 by Ernest George and Alfred B. Yeates. [1] The Morley family owned the house until 1955. In 1961 it was bought by Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle who sold it in 1970 to the W.D. & H.O. Wills tobacco company who used it as a training centre. [2]

Shockerwick House. Ink wash on paper by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm in 1790 Shockerwick House in 1790.jpg
Shockerwick House. Ink wash on paper by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm in 1790

Since 1983 it has been used as a Nursing Home and is run by Bupa. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shockerwick House". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Shockerwick House, Bath, England". Parks and Gardens UK. Parks and Gardens Data Services Ltd. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Shockerwick House". Bathford Society. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Edward Orpin, Parish Clerk of Bradford-upon-Avon". Tate Gallery. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Shockerwick House Care Home | Bupa UK". www.bupa.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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