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Westonbirt House (Weston Birt) 
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
Started 1863
Completed 1870
Status: Fully Extant
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
Started 1863
Completed 1870
Status: Fully Extant
Special Info / Location/ Date
Special Info
Phonetic Pronunciation of House Name
Location
Country
England
District Today
Gloucestershire
Historic County
City / Town / Village
Tetbury
Latitude
51.639149
Longitude
-2.1598
Date
Start Date
1863
Completion Date
1870
Circa Date
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Architects
Extant / Listed / References
Extant
Extant Type
Fully Extant
Extant Details
Listed
House Listed As
Grade I
Gardens Listed As
Grade I
On SAVE Britain's Heritage's List of Buildings at Risk
No
Country House: Yes
References
Vitruvius Britannicus
Vitruvius Scoticus
J.B. Burke (Burke's Visitation of Seats)
Vol. I, p. 143, 1852.
Country Life
XVII, 378, 1905. CLI, 1226, 1310, 1972.
J.P. Neale (Neale's Views of Seats)
2.S. Vol. III, 1826.
Access / Ownership / Seat
Access
Open to Public Please note: Houses listed as being open "By Appointment" are usually country house hotels or B&Bs.
By Appointment
Historic Houses Association Member
Phone Number If calling from the U.S., delete the first "0" in British numbers.
01666-880-333
Fax Number
01666-880-364
Email
Website
Awards
Current Ownership
Current Ownership Type
School
Primary Current Ownership Use
School
Current Ownership Use / Details
Now a girls school (Westonbirt School)
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
Maurice de Gaunt, 13th century. Hugh le Bret. Robert Stayner Holford, 19th century.
Possible (Unsure) Seat of
History / Gardens & Park / Movies
History
Earlier House(s) / Building(s)
House Replaced By
Built / Designed For
Robert Stayner Holford
House & Family History
Westonbirt was the country house (his London home was the famous Dorchester House, also designed for him by Lewis Vulliamy) of the great 19th century collector Robert Stayner Holford (1808-92). Holford was a noted collector of books, manuscripts, and fine and applied art, as well as trees and shrubs, which he tended at the famous Westonbirt Arboretum, which he founded. In 1928 the House became a school.
Collections
This field lists art objects that are currently or were previously in the collection of the house.
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Comments
Gardens & Park
Garden, Park, Follies and Outbuildings
Chapel & Church
Movies
Location for Movies / TV
"Brilliant Gardens" (1995 - TV BBC documentary, episode "Westonbirt"). "A Week In The Country" (1996 - TV BBC documentary, part of the episode at the Arboretum). "Two Fat Ladies" (1996 - TV BBC documentary, episode "Meat," cooking at the school). "Country File" (1998, 2001, 2005 - TV BBC documentary, episode segments on the Arboretum). "Antiques Roadshow" (1999 - TV BBC documentary, episode 21.1). "Flog It!" (2006 - TV BBC documentary, 2 "Chippenham" episodes, visiting the Arboretum).
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