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Wightwick Manor 
WIT-ick
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
Started 1887
Completed 1893
Status: Fully Extant
WIT-ick
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
Started 1887
Completed 1893
Status: Fully Extant
Special Info / Location/ Date
Special Info
Phonetic Pronunciation of House Name
WIT-ick
Location
Country
England
District Today
West Midlands
Historic County
Warwickshire, Staffordshire
City / Town / Village
Wolverhampton
Latitude
52.5834
Longitude
-2.1944
Date
Start Date
1887
Completion Date
1893
Circa Date
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Architects
| Designed | Advised on the layout of the gardens |
| Date | Victorian/Edwardian |
| Designed | 17-acre garden |
| Date | Victorian/Edwardian |
| Designed | House |
| Date | 1887 |
Extant / Listed / References
Extant
Extant Type
Fully Extant
Extant Details
Listed
House Listed As
Grade I
Gardens Listed As
Grade II
On SAVE Britain's Heritage's List of Buildings at Risk
No
Country House: No
Villa
References
Vitruvius Britannicus
Vitruvius Scoticus
J.B. Burke (Burke's Visitation of Seats)
Country Life
CXXXIII, 1242, 1316, 1963.
J.P. Neale (Neale's Views of Seats)
Access / Ownership / Seat
Access
Open to Public Please note: Houses listed as being open "By Appointment" are usually country house hotels or B&Bs.
Yes
Historic Houses Association Member
Phone Number If calling from the U.S., delete the first "0" in British numbers.
01902-761-400
Fax Number
01902-764-663
Email
Website
Awards
Current Ownership
Current Ownership Type
The National Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use
Visitor Attraction
Current Ownership Use / Details
Seat ("Seat" is loosely defined
as any family that occupied the house for a period of 2 years or more)
Today Seat of
A Past Seat(s) of
Sir Geoffrey and Lady Mander, early 20th century.
Possible (Unsure) Seat of
History / Gardens & Park / Movies
History
Earlier House(s) / Building(s)
House Replaced By
Built / Designed For
Mander family
House & Family History
A manufacturer’s manor house, Wightwick harkens back to the Tudor period, yet was designed by Edward Ould of Liverpool in two phases: the first was completed in 1887, while the second occurred in 1893, when the House was extended with the Great Parlour Wing. Ould’s clients were the Mander family, paint manufacturers who had risen from Yeoman farmer origins to industrial merchant princes in Wolverhampton and its environs. The highly picturesque house that they created has timbered gables sailing above hard Ruabon brick walls and windows by Kempe. It was transformed into one of the best-surviving examples of a house built and furnished under the influence of the Arts & Crafts Movement as a result of the collecting ambitions of Sir Geoffrey and Lady Mander, who owned Wightwick in the early 20th century. It was they who presented the House to the National Trust. (We are most grateful to Gareth Williams for this history of Wightwick.)
Collections
This field lists art objects that are currently or were previously in the collection of the house.
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Wightwick has original wallpapers and furnishings by William Morris and impressive collections of art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, William de Morgan, and other Pre-Raphaelite artists.
Comments
Gardens & Park
Garden, Park, Follies and Outbuildings
Wightwick has a superb 17-acre Edwardian garden designed by Alfred Parsons and Thomas Mawson, internationally renowned garden designers, and a newly-reinstalled Kitchen Garden.
Chapel & Church
Movies
Location for Movies / TV
"Flog It!" (2006 - TV BBC documentary series, episode "Wolverhampton," segment on the Manor's Pre-Raphaelite paintings).
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