Witley Court and Link to Church of St Michael, Great Witley
Designated
12 November 1951
Reference no.
1082656
Location of Witley Court in Worcestershire
Witley Court, in Great Witley, Worcestershire, England, is a ruined Italianate mansion. Built for the Foleys in the seventeenth century on the site of a former manor house, it was enormously expanded in the early nineteenth century by the architect John Nash for Thomas Foley, 3rd Baron Foley. The estate was later sold to the Earls of Dudley, who undertook a second massive reconstruction in the mid-19th century, employing the architect Samuel Daukes to create one of the great palaces of Victorian and Edwardian England.
The declining fortune of the Dudleys saw the sale of the court after the First World War to a Kidderminster carpet manufacturer. In 1937 a major fire caused great damage to the court, the estate was broken up and sold and the house was subsequently stripped of its fittings and furnishings. Forty years of decay followed before the house and grounds were taken into the care of The Department of the Environment in 1972. Since that point, significant restoration and stabilisation have secured the house as a spectacular ruin.
Witley Court, and the attached Church of St Michael and All Angels, are both Grade I listed buildings
WitleyCourt, in Great Witley, Worcestershire, England, is a ruined Italianate mansion. Built for the Foleys in the seventeenth century on the site of...
some of the foremost gardens of the mid-Victorian era. These included WitleyCourt in Worcestershire, Castle Howard in Yorkshire, Treberfydd in Powys and...
responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union. The village is home to WitleyCourt, a Jacobean country house extended on a number of occasions throughout...
Witley is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, England centred 2.6 miles (4 km) south west of the town of Godalming and 6.6...
promotional clip for "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was shot in the ruins of WitleyCourt in Worcestershire, England. It features four of the five musicians who...
Hall until the 1830s, after which WitleyCourt served as the main residence along with Dudley House. WitleyCourt was sold in 1920 and became derelict...
Thomas Foley (died 1677) (1616–1677), British ironmaster, builder of WitleyCourt estate, member of Parliament for Bewdley Thomas Foley (died 1701) (c...
Duchess of Edinburgh, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1947–4 July 1949) WitleyCourt Worcestershire Wood Farm Sandringham Estate From his retirement in 2017...
(Eng), Glamorganshire Golf Club Invitational (Wal) 1902 Leeds Cup (Eng), WitleyCourt Invitational (Eng), Edzell Golf Club Open Meeting (Sco) 1903 The Open...
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in England. September 7 – WitleyCourt in Worcestershire, England, is gutted by fire. J. M. Richards becomes...
Farm, near Cromhall, Gloucestershire Tortworth Court, Spring Park Earl of Dudley Dudley House, WitleyCourt, Himley Hall, Dudley Castle Earl of Durham Lambton...
Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, Croome Court and WitleyCourt in Worcestershire, Wrest Park in Bedfordshire, Westbury Court Garden in Gloucestershire, and the...
area between Stourport and Bewdley are several large country houses. WitleyCourt, Astley Hall, and Pool House are considered particularly significant...
ironmaster and prominent local landowner, whose main estate was at Great Witley, west of Stourport in Worcestershire, but with strong Stourbridge connections...
and the Clent Hills West Midlands Safari Park near Bewdley. WitleyCourt at Great Witley – a burnt-out shell of a large English stately home, famous for...
some of the locations utilised. Filming also took place at the ruins of WitleyCourt, Worcestershire, the University of Salford, Salford Museum and Art Gallery...
destroyed almost all of the studio's pre-1932 silent films. September 7 – WitleyCourt in Worcestershire, England, burned down. September 17 – Rotunde, a landmark...
They instead lived in great grandeur on their mineral wealth at WitleyCourt at Great Witley in Worcestershire. In 1934, the Duke and Duchess of Kent honeymooned...
Festival, bringing the composer to international attention. 7 September – WitleyCourt in Worcestershire is gutted by fire. 30 September – last issue of The...
Baronet (1872–1943), Kidderminster carpet manufacturer and owner of WitleyCourt (see Smith of Kidderminster baronets). Alf Tabb, Kidderminster cycle...
pianist who held the title for 83 years, in 2012. The family seat was WitleyCourt until this was sold to trustees for William, Lord Ward (later the 1st...
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