Owlpen Manor
Owlpen Manor and Gardens is closed for restoration during the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
The Cyder House restaurant is also closed for lunches but is available for special events of 15 guests or more by appointment.
One of the most romantic small manor houses in the West of England. The Tudor manor is the lived-in medieval manor house of the de Olepennes, dating from 1450 to 1616, with minor early 18th century improvements. There is a magnificent Tudor Great Hall, a Jacobean wing with Solar and an elegant early Georgian Little Parlour and doorcase of 1719. There was some Arts & Crafts restoration in 1926 by Norman Jewson after the manor house had been uninhabited for 100 years. The Great Chamber contains unique painted cloth and wall-hangings. Exhibits also include:
Mander family collections
Panelling
Tudor wall-paintings
Furniture
Textiles
Beadwork
Pictures
Cotswold Arts & Crafts furnishings & PlasterworkThe formal gardens include seven hanging terraces of the 16th/17th centuries, with topiary yews, box parterres, old roses and mill pond. On the estate there are lovely walks and fine manorial outbuildings, including a Grist Mill (1728) with cupola, a Court House (1620's) and an elaborate Victorian Church. There are miles of beech woods and historic parkland and spectacular bluebells in the Spring. Additional Information:
Our Cyder House Restaurant opens from noon
Manor house unsuitable for wheelchairs
No dogs
The Cyder House restaurant is also closed for lunches but is available for special events of 15 guests or more by appointment.
One of the most romantic small manor houses in the West of England. The Tudor manor is the lived-in medieval manor house of the de Olepennes, dating from 1450 to 1616, with minor early 18th century improvements. There is a magnificent Tudor Great Hall, a Jacobean wing with Solar and an elegant early Georgian Little Parlour and doorcase of 1719. There was some Arts & Crafts restoration in 1926 by Norman Jewson after the manor house had been uninhabited for 100 years. The Great Chamber contains unique painted cloth and wall-hangings. Exhibits also include:
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½ a mile east of Uley, off the B4066. The M5 exits 13 (north) and 14 (south) are a few minutes away, head for the B4066 and at Uley follow the brown tourism signs.
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Owlpen Manor Postcode for SatNav: GL11 5BZ
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Days Out near Owlpen Manor
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