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Woodchester Mansion Trust
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Janine
July 20, 2021
WOODCHESTER MANSION is a unique and amazing Grade 1 listed Victorian Gothic house hidden in a beautiful Cotswold valley. It is an unfinished masterpiece. Building started about 1857, but stopped in the mid-1860s so floors and ceilings are missing, walls not plastered and windows unglazed. All the secrets of the construction of the Mansion are visible - something visitors will never see in another country house. The Mansion was designed by a young local architect, Benjamin Bucknall from Rodborough. He produced a unique Gothic Revival house which blends the local traditional work in limestone with the ideas of the French architectural thinker Viollet-le-Duc.
WOODCHESTER MANSION is a unique and amazing Grade 1 listed Victorian Gothic house hidden in a beautiful Cotswold valley. It is an unfinished masterpiece. Building started about 1857, but stopped in the mid-1860s so floors and ceilings are missing, walls not plastered and windows unglazed. All the s…
Charlotte
March 17, 2018
Nestled in a wooded valley with parkland, lakes and pastures, Woodchester Park surrounds an unfinished Victorian mansion. A beautiful spot for a picnic and walk. This is a National Trust property just remember some change as parking is pay and display.
James
January 25, 2017
Woodchester Mansion is a 19th Century Victorian Gothic Masterpiece mysteriously abandoned mid-construction in 1873. Hidden in a secluded Cotswold valley, it is untouched by time and the modern world. A beautiful place to walk around lakes, through woodland and have a picnic after admiring this incredible mansion.
Rachel
March 29, 2016
Unfinished cotswold manor house. Similar to Stanley Park (we are in the grounds of this). Set in beautiful parkland
Caroline
May 21, 2015
National Trust property. Good walks in a valley to an abandoned Victorian mansion - see how it was built. Also, a family trail with lovely wooden activities along the route - balance beams, swings etc
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