Worksop Manor
Worksop Manor is a manor house in the district of Bassetlaw in the English county of Nottinghamshire . Listed by English Heritage as a Grade I Historic Building, the mansion stands on one of four adjoining properties in the Dukeries . Traditionally, the Lord of the Manor of Worksop is allowed to assist the British monarch with the coronation by putting on his right glove while supporting his right arm. Worksop Manor was the seat of the previous Lord of Worksop .
history
Worksop Manor has owned the Talbot family since the 14th century . Maria Stuart was imprisoned in the manor house for some time in 1568 .
In the 1580s the new house was built on the estate of the very wealthy George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury , presumably designed by Robert Smythson . This house was an excellent example of an Elizabethan Prodigy house. At the same time, Smythson designed the adjoining Worksop Manor Lodge , which was essentially preserved in its original state until 2007, but then burned down and is currently being restored. King James I stayed in the new house in 1603 on his way south to take over the English throne. At the end of the 17th century the property was married to the Duke of Norfolk and remained in this family until 1840. In 1701, the 8th Duke of Norfolk doubled the size of the house, added stables and laid out large gardens. His successor had the gardens expanded. Mary Howard , the Duchess of Norfolk, had the house renovated, but in 1761 it burned down.
In the same year, the architect James Paine was hired to create a replacement for the burned-out Elizabethan mansion. He planned a nearly square house with a wide hall in the central courtyard that would have been one of the largest private houses ever built in England if finished. Only one wing was finished when work stopped in 1767, but that too was palatial in size. After the death of the 9th Duke of Norfolk in 1777, the property fell to his distant veteran, who was 57 and lived in Surrey . Neither he nor his immediate successors moved into Worksop Manor and the house was neglected. The 12th Duke of Norfolk inherited it in 1815 to his son, Henry , the Earl of Surrey .
In 1838 the Earl of Surrey sold the property to the Duke of Newcastle from nearby Clumber Park for £ 375,000. This cannibalized the house rigorously. After selling the roofing and some of the fixtures, he had the main wing blown up with gunpowder as he was only interested in adding the property to his own property. Despite the money he received for the removed parts, the purchase was a great loss for him. This purchase was probably motivated by his anti-Catholic attitude, as the Duke of Norfolk was one of the leading Catholic aristocrats in the country. A few years later, the remaining parts of the house - these were the stables, the wing for the servants and parts of the eastern end of the main wing - were combined into a new manor house. This new mansion was leased to Lord Foley for a number of years, then to William Isaac Cockson , a lead manufacturer. In 1890 a large part of the property was auctioned. The house and adjacent parkland were bought by Sir John Robinson , a Nottingham businessman who felled and sold most of the old trees on the property. He was appointed High Sheriff of Nottingham in 1901 .
The Worksop Manor Stud , which breeds thoroughbred horses, has been based on the property since the first decade of the 20th century at the latest .
Individual evidence
- ^ Worksop Manor, House and Stable Block, Bassetlaw . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ^ A b Worksop Manor History . Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ^ Photo of Worksop Manor's new mansion. Flickr . Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ↑ Teddy (a thoroughbred horse from Worksop Manor Stud). Thoroughbred Heritage Portraits. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
Web links
- Worksop Manor . Worksop Heritage Trail
- Worksop Manor in L. Jacks: The Great Houses of Nottinghamshire and the County Families . Nottinghamshire History 1881.
- Worksop Manor in Robert White: Worksop, The Dukery and Sherwood Forest . Nottinghamshire History 1875.
Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 46 " N , 1 ° 8 ′ 49" W.