Welbeck Woodhouse

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Welbeck Woodhouse
Nottinghamshire

Welbeck Woodhouse from Welbeck Park
Location
Grid reference: SK57417487
Location: 53°16’4"N, 1°8’26"W
History
Built 1930 – 1931
By: Walter Brierley
Country house
Information

Welbeck Woodhouse stands in the estate of Welbeck Abbey, on the northern side of the estate. It is an early twentieth century house which the 7th Duke of Portland for his son and heir, William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield.

The house was built to a design by Walter Brierley but executed after Brierley's death by his partner James Hervey Rutherford.[1]

This house was subsequently the main home of the Cavendish-Bentinck family on the estate when the main house was leased to the Ministry of Defence after the War.

Outside links

References

  1. National Heritage List 1000556: Welbeck Abbey (Register of Historic Parks and Gardens)


Noble seats of The Dukeries in Nottinghamshire

Clumber ParkRufford AbbeyThoresby HallWelbeck AbbeyWorksop ManorWelbeck Woodhouse