454:. Dorothy Williams, the Lygon family historian, notes that, by 1196, the manor was held by the de Bracy family who retained it for three centuries until the marriage of Joan Bracy to Thomas Lygon in 1419–1420. The marriage between Thomas and the Bracy heiress established the connection between the court and the Lygon family which has continued into the 21st century. Their only son Willam was bequeathed the manor of Madresfield by Joan's mother in 1450 and the house has been the home of the Lygon family since that time. The Lygons were substantial landowners, although minor gentry, until an advantageous marriage between Richard Lygon and Anne Beauchamp, one of three daughters and heirs of
648:. Hardwick's connection to Madresfield began with the commission for the Newlands Almshouses in Malvern. As was common for Victorian aristocrats contemplating a rebuilding of their houses, the Beauchamps began with an act of piety. The Lygons being satisfied with the result, Hardwick began a fifteen-year association with the family and the court, which the architectural writer Herminone Hobhouse describes as "characteristic of Hardwick at his best". Although "the principal lines of the old building" were followed, the work became more of a reconstruction than a restoration; only two rooms in the total of over 150 were unaltered. Work was completed c.1890. The original
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553:. The central family of his novel Brideshead Revisited, the Flytes, are modelled on the Beauchamps. After their father's disgrace, most of Beauchamp's children took his, rather than their mother's side, and a marble bust of the countess was consigned to the moat. Charles Ryder, the narrator in Brideshead Revisited noted "More even than the work of great architects, I loved buildings that grew silently with the centuries, catching and keeping the best of each generation". The historian
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Besford Court. The room, lit solely by three circular domed skylights, has a remarkable balcony on three sides, plus a staircase, of ebony woodwork: heraldic beasts on the newels, twisted balusters of crystal. Large chimneypiece of alabaster, porphyry and green serpentine, a wedding gift in 1902 from the Countess's brother, the Duke of Westminster; it could well be by Alfred Waterhouse (Eaton Hall, Cheshire)."
482:, in 1798. Known as "William the Miser", and "the richest commoner in England", Jennens had amassed a very large fortune through inheritance, stock dealing, property investments and money lending. His death saw his fortune split between three distant relatives, with William Lygon's share equating to some £40 million at 2012 values. The lack of a will saw the estate become subject to one of England's lengthiest court cases,
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inherited the court. The atmosphere created by the 8th earl and his Danish wife, Mona, was uncongenial to most of the rest of the family and Mary, Dorothy, and Sibell left the house, none returning for fifty years. Before her death in 1989, Mona, Countess
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Madresfield where a fellow guest asked incredulously if the earl had just whispered "Je t’adore" to the butler. "Nonsense," Nicolson replied, "he said ‘Shut the door.’" In 1931 the earl was forced abroad following a sexual scandal instigated by his brother-in-law, the Duke of
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Staircase Hall, a creation of the seventh Earl c.1913 (though the basic layout differs little from that shown in ground plans of 1898 by H. Percy Adams). Randall Wells submitted a design for a new hall c.1908, and was still involved, with Ernest Gimson, in
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Rosalind, Lady Morrison, William and Mona's niece and, as of 2012, it is run and lived in by her daughter, Lucy Chenevix-Trench. In 2014, an extensive remodelling of the interior of the house was undertaken by the interior designers Todhunter Earle.
706:. The decoration was a 1902 wedding present from Lady Lettice Grosvenor to her bridegroom the 7th Earl, although work on it continued until 1923. Murals on the chapel's walls incorporate images of the couple, as well as their seven children, in scenes rife with Christian symbolism. The critic
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An exceptionally complete piece of Arts and Crafts decoration of 1902. The furnishing was done by
Birmingham craftsmen for Countess Beauchamp, as a wedding present to the seventh earl. The paintings are by A. Payne. The stained glass is by him and others. The
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for the 5th and 6th earls, creating the current "Victorian fantasy." Hardwick followed his father in developing a large commercial practice, specialising in banking houses, but also undertook a considerable number of country houses, often for his
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758:. The large alabaster, porphyry and green serpentine chimneypiece was a wedding gift to Lettice, Countess Beauchamp in 1902 from her brother the 2nd Duke of Westminster. It had been first installed in the Ante-Drawing Room at the duke's house
773:: "The one remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-colour'd glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity; Until Death tramples it to fragments."
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Charles Gere. The small crucifix and the candlesticks are by A. J. Gaskin. The ornamental glass quarries of the screen, especially pretty, are by M. Lamplough. C. R. Ashbee's guild also did woodwork." –
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Children of the Sun: A Narrative of Decadence in England after 1918
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in January 2006 showed that emergency plans were made to evacuate
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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
2443:. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin.
1983:"Home Farmhouse at Madresfield Court (Grade II) (1098777)"
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2260:. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
2164:The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
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1603:Desmond, Steven (12 April 2018).
1494:Stocks, Christopher (June 2014).
2591:Country houses in Worcestershire
1732:Murphy, Douglas (1 April 2014).
1403:Neil Tweedie (20 January 2011).
1377:Dutton, David (25 August 2012).
1227:"Scandal of the real Brideshead"
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528:Madresfield was the home of the
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2421:. London: Thames & Hudson.
955:"The epicentre of 'Brideshead'"
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2373:England's Thousand Best Houses
1187:Byrne, Paula (15 March 2010).
800:is listed Grade II. The North
588:Modern times: 1939–the present
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2487:Williams, Dorothy E. (2001).
1684:"A trove of timely treasures"
1510:"Madresfield Court portfolio"
1339:Leith, Sam (26 August 2009).
1313:Conrad, Peter (7 June 2008).
1225:Mulvagh, Jane (8 June 2008).
1152:"Madresfield Court - 1098779"
578:Worcestershire County Council
549:, Beauchamp's second son, at
466:A less Bleak House: 1747–1865
2214:Douglas-Home, Jamie (2006).
2189:History of Madresfield Court
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200:Wellhead at Madrefield Court
2456:Tinniswood, Adrian (2016).
2256:The Victorian Country House
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2526:. London: Vintage Press.
2522:Zinovieff, Sofka (2014).
2419:The English Country House
2075:Beauchamp, W. L. (1929).
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2394:Mulvagh, Jane (2008).
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2275:Green, Martin (1992).
1189:"Waugh and Brideshead"
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2123:Byrne, Paula (2009).
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688:Arts and Crafts style
489:Jarndyce and Jarndyce
444:Westminster Cartulary
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712:Travels with Pevsner
566:Princesses Elizabeth
408:Brideshead Revisited
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395:British Royal Family
2343:Thames & Hudson
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1582:"Madresfield Court"
1469:"House of memories"
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1341:"Let me not be Mad"
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1804:. Historic England
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2107:978-0-300-11298-6
2094:Pevsner, Nikolaus
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682:The chapel
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547:Hugh Lygon
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582:lodgement
470:In 1806,
153:– Grade I
124:Architect
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833:verify."
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660:Interior
614:Exterior
570:Margaret
460:medieval
51:Location
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2069:Sources
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