Elmore Court

Elmore Court is a grade II* listed mansion, located at Elmore in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England.[1] The original building dates from between 1564 and 1588.[2]

Elmore Court
Elmore Court
Elmore Court is located in Gloucestershire
Elmore Court
Location of Elmore Court within Gloucestershire
General information
TypeMansion
LocationElmore, Gloucestershire
Town or cityElmore
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.836°N 2.317°W / 51.836; -2.317
OwnerAnselm Guise

History

The house has been the family seat of the Guise Baronets for nearly 800 years, first granted by John of Burgh, who was part of the court of Henry III with the rent set at "One clove of Gillyflower" each year.[3][4][5][6] The current house was built between 1564 and 1588 and altered in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1]

The Guise Mausoleum, built in 1733, is in the churchyard of St John the Baptist, the local church.[7]

The Guise family were non-resident from about 1685 to about 1845, when Sir John Wright Guise took up residence. The house was used as a school from 1778,[8] originally under the Revd. Charles Bishop (died 1788), and later under the Carveth family to about 1830. Its most distinguished pupil was the future surgeon William Lawrence FRS.[9]

The house was owned by Sir Anselm Guise, 6th Baronet, from 1921 to 1970. The current owner, another Anselm Guise, inherited the estate from his uncle the 7th Baronet in 2007, with the Baronetcy going to Anselm's father, Sir Christopher James Guise (born 1930).[10][11]

In 2008 and 2011, Elmore Court was the subject of a Channel 4 television programme presented by hotelier Ruth Watson as part of her Country House Rescue series.[12]

In February 2013, Anselm Guise's plans for a sustainable new wedding reception venue called The Gillyflower at Elmore Court featured in the BBC2 TV programme, Permission Impossible: Britain's Planners.[13] Elmore Court and The Gillyflower opened for weddings and events in November 2013.[14][15][16][17][18]

Rewilding began in 2020 with 250 acres of the estate [19] regenerative farming began in 2022 through a collaboration with Wildfarmed, and the building of treehouses overlooking revived wetlands will be complete in 2023.

Architecture

The two and three-storey limestone building consists of a central hall with cross-wings. The centre of the front of the building has a 19th-century porch with Doric columns.[1]

The wrought iron gates at the entrance of the driveway are 300 years old and originally sited at Rendcomb.[20]

The walls to the south of the main building were constructed in the early 18th century.[21]

References
  1. "Elmore Court". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. "Elmore Court". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. "The Guise Family and its Gloucestershire Properties". National Archives. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. "Time Flies... A decade and four years in". Elmore Court. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. "Elmore Court". Historic Houses. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  6. "History". Elmore Court. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. "The Guise Mausoleum". Historic England. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  8. The London Quarterly Review, Issues 309-312. Theodore Foster. 1880. p. 174.
  9. Lawrence, William (1838). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Zoology. And the Natural History of Man. 7th Ed. John Taylor.
  10. Fox-Leonard, Boudicca (15 May 2017). "A party home with an ancient pedigree". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  11. Jarvis, Katie (1 October 2013). "Interview: At home with the hedonistic heir". Cotswold Life. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  12. "Elmore Court". 4 Homes. Channel 4. Archived from the original on 8 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  13. "Episode 1 Permission Impossible gallery". BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  14. "Weddings at Elmore Court - Gloucestershire's Ultimate Party Venue?". Lewis Loves. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  15. "Elmore Court - Wedding Venue". RIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  16. "Gillyflower Wedding Venue Elmore Court, Gloucestershire". Integral Engineering Design. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  17. "Elmore Court". Miller + Howard Workshop. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  18. Phillips, Jenni (11 May 2017). "Take a look inside one of Gloucestershire's hottest wedding venues". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  19. Editor, Ben Webster, Environment. "Anselm Guise to rewild 250 acres of Elmore Court in Gloucestershire". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 29 November 2022. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. "Corona update from Anselm".
  21. "Gateway to south of Elmore Court". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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