Went Manor
Coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 31.8 " N , 1 ° 21 ′ 21.2" W.
Ginge Manor or Ginge Manor House is a manor house in West Ginge, West Hendred in the English county of Oxfordshire , on the road about six kilometers southeast of Wantage . It was placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest at Grade II on October 25, 1951 and is the family residence of the Viscount Astor . Its current residents are William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor and his wife Annabel. Viscount Astor is the stepfather of Samantha Cameron , the wife of former Prime Minister David Cameron .
history
A Ginge mansion was mentioned in the Domesday Book as early as 1086 . It then fell under the rule of Abingdon Abbey , and both were then, and for many centuries after, part of Berkshire . At the time of the Saxons the land belonged to three owners named Selva, Topius and Borda; and in the 12th century Robert de Gernon (also Grino ). Whose son and heir was William de Montfitchet, lord of Stansted. After his death during the reign of Henry II , Gilbert de Montfitchet ceded half of the manor to the church. The other half probably came into the possession of the Church under his son Richard, because it is referred to in the Magna Carta .
During the reign of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile in the 1260s, it belonged to Robert, son of Andrew le Blund. Ginge Manor is mentioned again when Alice, the wife of Walter Gyffard, bequeathed it to her son William Gyffard on her death on April 24, 1431. In 1614 Sir John Horton and his wife Jane sold the manor to Benedict Winchombe of Noke, Oxfordshire for £ 1,400.
estate
The property includes a mansion and service quarters - this is a three bedroom cottage - and several other outbuildings, including some barns, stables and old farmhouses. Some of the barns in the area have been converted into apartment buildings. The property has gardens, an outdoor swimming pool and a tennis court. The current house dates from the early 17th century and is made of red bricks . A side wing on the left was added a century later, and an annex was added to the right wing in the 20th century. At the rear is a door made of six panels, which is framed by Doric pilasters made of wood. The interior of the building comprises an opposite staircase with a molded handrail, spike-like, fluted balusters and a dado composed of panels . "
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ginge Manor House ( English ) British Listed Buildings. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ↑ Russell J. Fishkind: AARP Probate Wars of the Rich and Famous: An Insider's Guide to Estate and Probate Litigation ( English ). John Wiley & Sons, April 23, 2012, ISBN 978-1-118-37355-2 , p. 39 (Accessed August 14, 2012).
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- ↑ JC Holt: Domesday Studies: Papers Read at the Novocentenary Conference of the Royal Historical Society and the Institute of British Geographers, Winchester, 1986 ( English ). Boydell Press, 1990, ISBN 978-0-85115-263-9 , pp. 258 (accessed August 14, 2012).
- ↑ George Buckler: Twenty-two of the churches of Essex architecturally described and illustrated 1856, p. 58 (accessed August 14, 2012).
- ^ John C. Parsons: Eleanor of Castile: Queen and Society in Thirteenth-Century England . Palgrave Macmillan, December 15, 1997, ISBN 978-0-312-17297-8 , p. 157, (accessed August 14, 2012).
- ↑ Great Britain. Public Record Office, Christine Carpenter, Claire Noble: Calendar of inquisitions post mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office ( English ). Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2004, ISBN 978-0-85115-892-1 , p. 229 (accessed August 14, 2012).
- ^ The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine ( English ). Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1859, p. 320 (accessed August 14, 2012).
- ↑ David Brown, Simon Lennon: Servant Booted out by Tory Peer Lives in a Volvo; Plight of Loyal Worker 'Treated as a Skivvy' ( English ) The People (London, England) via Questia . October 5, 2003. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ William Page: Victoria County History: A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 ( English ) via British History Online. Pp. 302-307. 1924. Retrieved August 14, 2012.