late Medieval (original house), 1866-1888, Victorian reconstruction
Architect
Philip Charles Hardwick, for the Victorian rebuilding
Architectural style(s)
vernacular
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name
Madresfield Court, including bridge, retaining wall and North service court
Designated
25 March 1968
Reference no.
1098779
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name
Wellhead at Madrefield Court
Designated
9 February 1988
Reference no.
1166846
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name
Stables south of Madresfield Court
Designated
9 February 1988
Reference no.
1098780
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name
Gates and Gateway northwest of Home Farm, Madresfield Court
Designated
9 February 1988
Reference no.
1098778
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name
Home Farmhouse and attached dairy, Madresfield Court
Designated
9 February 1988
Reference no.
1098777
Location of Madresfield Court in Worcestershire
Madresfield Court is a country house in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. The home of the Lygon family for nearly six centuries, it has never been sold and has passed only by inheritance since the 12th century; a line of unbroken family ownership reputedly exceeded in length in England only by homes owned by the British Royal Family. The present building is largely a Victorian reconstruction, although the origins of the present house are from the 16th century, and the site has been occupied since Anglo-Saxon times. The novelist Evelyn Waugh was a frequent visitor to the house and based the family of Marchmain, who are central to his novel Brideshead Revisited, on the Lygons. Surrounded by a moat, the Court is a Grade I listed building.
MadresfieldCourt is a country house in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. The home of the Lygon family for nearly six centuries, it has never been sold...
Madresfield is a village and civil parish in the administrative district of Malvern Hills in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is located about...
aristocrat and Russian princess by marriage. Lady Mary Lygon was born at MadresfieldCourt in Malvern, Worcestershire; the fifth of seven children, and third...
descended from Richard Lygon (pronounced "Liggon", /ˈlɪɡən/), of MadresfieldCourt, Worcestershire, who married the Hon. Anne (died 1535), second daughter...
in exile in Great Britain. In 1939 he married Lady Mary Lygon of MadresfieldCourt. They were divorced in 1956. Prince Vsevolod married twice more, but...
and other members of the royal family would take up residence at MadresfieldCourt near Malvern. Some strained areas took the children into local schools...
The novel was written by Waugh whilst staying as a house guest at MadresfieldCourt in Worcestershire. The old nursery had been converted into a writing...
and for a time held Cheltenham Manor. He married Elizabeth Lygon of MadresfieldCourt, and a brass plaque dedicated to them is in St Peter's church. By...
Manor, Worcestershire) were designated as refuges. MadresfieldCourt reportedly replaced Croome Court, Worcester (the home of the Earl of Coventry), in...
Oxford; now he was introduced to the girls and their country house, MadresfieldCourt, which became the closest that he had to a home during his years of...
variation leads into the next without pause. Possibly, Lady Mary Lygon of MadresfieldCourt near Malvern, a sponsor of a local music festival. "The asterisks...
direction as GWR No. 98.". On 6 January 1932, locomotive No. 2949 Stanford Court was hauling a milk train that overran signals at Didcot East Junction and...
Danesbury Park, Hertfordshire. Waterfall at Battersea Park, London. MadresfieldCourt and gardens, Worcestershire Gardens at Coombe Wood, Croydon. Colney...
specialising in British history. She is best known for her history of MadresfieldCourt, the English country house upon which Evelyn Waugh based his novel...
His cousin was Hugh Lygon and therefore he was often a guest at MadresfieldCourt. Lygon and David attended West Downs together, and together decided...
Goldsmid, Rendcomb House, Rendcomb, Gloucestershire (1863) Rebuilt MadresfieldCourt for the 5th Earl of Beauchamp (1863) Royal Garrison Church, Aldershot...
MadresfieldCourt, Worcestershire and his wife Mary Russell, daughter of Sir Thomas Russell of Strensham. He succeeded to the estates of Madresfield and...
for children, known as the 'Victoria Ward' 1898 – Staircase Hall, MadresfieldCourt Worcestershire 1900–1905 Chapel at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle...
Houses were built and extended, many in the Gothic style, such as MadresfieldCourt near Great Malvern, which includes an Arts and Crafts chapel interior...
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