Mottistone Manor
| Mottistone Manor | |
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National Trust | |
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 Mottistone Manor | |
| Grid reference: | SZ40628380 |
| Location: | 50°39’9"N, 1°25’36"W |
| Built 15th / 16th century | |
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Mottistone Manor is a National Trust property in the village of Mottistone on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. It has popular gardens and is a listed building. The manor is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.[1]
History
The oldest parts of the manor, the south-east wing, date from the fifteenth or early sixteenth century. The north-west wing was added or remodelled by Thomas Cheke in 1567, and additions to the south-east wing were made in the early seventeenth century. The whole house was remodelled in the 1920s by the architects Seely & Paget, John Seely, Lord Mottistone (1899–1963) of the firm being a great-grandson of Charles Seely (1803–1887), who had bought the house and estate in 1861.[2]
Though not open to the public, the manor has hosted gatherings for the Seely family. The great-great granddaughter of General J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, the theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter, held her wedding reception here with Benedict Cumberbatch on 14 February 2015.[3][4]
Pictures
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Mottistone Manor and the adjacent St. Peter and St. Paul's Church -
The Shack at Mottistone Garden
References
- ↑ National Trust Guidebook
- ↑ National Heritage List 1209289: Mottisham Manor (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ "Sophie Hunter is Bringin an Unusual Show in Northern Ireland". http://sophiehunter.net/post/125274344345/sophie-hunter-is-bringing-an-unusual-show-to-an#gsc.tab=0.
- ↑ Nightingale, Benedict. "What Sophie Hunter Did Last Week". http://sophiehunter.net/post/125797832820/what-sophie-hunter-aka-mrs-cumberbatch-did.