Snowshill Manor Gloucestershire Near Broardway In The Cotswolds
Snowshill Manor is a National Trust property located in the village of Snowshill, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It is a sixteenth century country house, best known for its twentieth century owner, Charles Paget Wade, an eccentric man who amassed an enormous collection of objects that interested him. He gave the property to the National Trust in 1951, and his collection is still housed there.
The property is located in Snowshill. It is a typical Cotswold manor house, made from local stone; the main part of the house dates from the 16th century. It is a Grade II* listed building, having been so designated since 4 July 1960. Also listed are the brewhouse, the dovecote, some of the garden buildings, the wall and gate-piers, and the group of four Manor Cottages.
Snowshill Manor was the property of Winchcombe Abbey from 821 until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 when the Abbey was confiscated by King Henry VIII, who presented it to his last queen, Catherine Parr. Between 1539 and 1919 it had a number of tenants and owners until it was purchased by Charles Paget Wade, an architect, artist-craftsman, collector, poet and heir to the family fortune. He restored the property, living in the small cottage in the garden and using the manor house as a home for his collection of objects. By the time of his death he had amassed over 22,000 objects. He gave the property and the contents of this collection to the National Trust in 1951.
The house contains an eclectic collection of thousands of objects, gathered over the years by Charles Paget Wade, whose motto was Let nothing perish. The collection includes toys; Samurai armour; musical instruments; and clocks. Today, the main attraction of the house is perhaps the display of Wade's collection. From 1900 until 1951, when he gave the Manor to the National Trust, Wade amassed an enormous and eclectic collection of objects reflecting his interest in craftsmanship. The objects in the collection include 26 suits of Japanese samurai armour dating from the 17th and 19th centuries; bicycles; toys; musical instruments and more.
Wade was an eccentric man and lived in the Priest's House while housing his collection in the manor. It is said to be haunted by a monk, and by the ghost of a young woman forced in 1604 to marry against her will in one of the upstairs rooms.
The garden at Snowshill was laid out by Wade, in collaboration with Arts and Crafts movement architect, M. H. Baillie Scott, between 1920 and 1923. Their elaborate layout resembles a series of outside rooms seen as an extension to the house. Features include terraces and ponds, and the gardens demonstrate Wade's fascination with colours and scents. As well as formal beds, the gardens include an ancient dovecote, a model village, kitchen garden, orchards and small fields with sheep.
Snowshill Manor Garden UK
A brief video capturing a portion of garden at Snowshill Manor near Broadway. For me, the garden was the highlight of this National Trust property.
Snowshill A Small Cotswolds Village
Snowshill is a small Cotswolds village in Gloucestershire, England, located near Broadway, Worcestershire. The population taken at the 2011 census was 164.
Snowshill is best known for nearby Snowshill Manor, a National Trust property open to the public. The manor house contains an unusual collection of furniture, musical instruments, craft tools, toys, clocks, bicycles and armour, all collected by architect and craftsman Charles Paget Wade between 1900 and 1951. His Arts and Crafts-style gardens are arranged in an eccentric combination of terraces and ponds forming outdoor rooms, with bright colours and delightful scents.
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Snowshill Manor National Trust 03.09.11
Snowshill Manor is a National Trust property located in the village of Snowshill, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It is a sixteenth century country house, best known for its twentieth century owner, Charles Paget Wade, an eccentric man who amassed an enormous collection of objects that interested him. He gave the property to the National Trust in 1951, and his collection is still housed there. It is a typical Cotswold manor house, made from local stone; the main part of the house dates from the 16th century. It is a Grade II* listed building, having been so designated since 4 July 1960. Also listed are the brewhouse, the dovecote, some of the garden buildings, the wall and gate-piers, and the group of four Manor Cottages.Snowshill Manor was the property of Winchcombe Abbey from 821 until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 when the Abbey was confiscated by King Henry VIII, who presented it to his last queen, Catherine Parr. Between 1539 and 1919 it had a number of tenants and owners until it was purchased by Charles Paget Wade, an architect, artist-craftsman, collector, poet and heir to the family fortune. He restored the property, living in the small cottage in the garden and using the manor house as a home for his collection of objects. By the time of his death he had amassed over 22,000 objects. He gave the property and the contents of this collection to the National Trust in 1951.
Snowshill Manor, Cotswolds, UK
A short film about Snowshill Manor, the National Trust property.
National Trust Snowshill Manor.
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Snowshill, Broadway WR12 7JU.
_Snowshill Manor is a National Trust property located in the village of Snowshill, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. It is a sixteenth century country house, best known for its twentieth century owner, Charles Paget Wade, an eccentric man who amassed an enormous collection of objects that interested him. He gave the property to the National Trust in 1951, and his collection is still housed there.
Snowshill Manor
Charles Wade embodied his family motto 'Let nothing perish', spending his life and inherited wealth amassing a spectacular collection of everyday and extraordinary objects from across the globe. He bought objects because of their colour, craftsmanship and design, restoring the ancient, golden-yellow Cotswold manor house to display them.
Beautiful Cotswold Villages - Stanton and Snowshill - Landscape Photography in the Cotswolds
A journey from Stanton to Snowshill, photographing the villages and countryside.
A VISIT TO SNOWSHILL MANOR
SNOWSHILL LOCATED NEAR BROADWAY IN THE COTSWOLDS IS LOOKED AFTER BY THE NATIONAL TRUST, AND WELL WORTH A VISIT.
Snowshill Manor - Gloucestershire
Excellent place to visit full of Charles Paget Wade's many collections of whatever took his fancy!
Chastleton House In The Cotswolds.
Chastleton House is a Jacobean country house situated at Chastleton near Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire, England. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1991 and is a Grade I listed building.
Chastleton House was built between 1607 and 1612, for Walter Jones, who had made his fortune from the law, although his family were originally Welsh wool merchants. The estate was bought in 1604 from Robert Catesby, although his residence was demolished to make way for the new house and no traces of the original building on this spot remain. The house is built of Cotswold stone, round a small courtyard, called the Dairy Court.
Chastleton House is famous for an episode from the Civil War in which a loyal wife duped (and drugged) Roundhead soldiers to save her husband.
Chastleton House was used as one of the locations for the 2015 BBC Two television series Wolf Hall and represented 'Wolf Hall,' home of the Seymours.
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COUGHTON COURT AND SNOWSHILL MANOR | Emma Marie
We like National Trust places so much we did two in one day! Luke's family has always lived by and worked for Coughton so it was a must see on my list. The history of the Gunpowder Plot and dressing up in costumes was definitely a win. Snowshill Manor is now officially my favorite National Trust location. One man created an amazing collection of gems from around the world that he displayed in the manor while living in a much smaller home outside of it. The collection is incredible and I highly recommend it!
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#24 - UK House & Gardens - Charles Wade's Snowshill Manor
Sometimes there are places that are a bit different and Snowshill Manor House is one of these.
Unlike any other we visited 'Snowshill' is neither a museum nor a home, but one large treasure trove of delights according to the National Trust. Well often there is always another opinion - In this case this house is just full of stuff.
The near ruined Tudor Manor was purchased by the rather eccentric Charles Wade (1883-1956) in 1919 following his return from WW1 and, with inherited wealth from his father, chose to renovate the house over the following 3 years for the sole purpose of housing his 'treasures'. Being an architect, and an artist and a poet and a collector, he retained the integrity of the property and gave each room a theme for the treasures he had collected over the years since he was 7 years old. Escaping the realities of war he very much became a recluse and, although the home was his to 'enjoy', resided in the small, old bakehouse building, known as the Priest’s House in the garden that was also created and developed at this time.
He married in 1946 and, after spending time at the family's Sugar Estates in St Kitts they moved there in the early 1950's. During a return visit to England he died in 1956, however prior to his death he approached the National Trust in 1938 asking them to accept the Manor as a gift to safeguard the future of his collection. This was accepted in principle so Wade increased his treasures by gathering even more 'stuff' . Finally in 1951 the offer was accepted. During their stewardship the National Trust again renovated the Manor House in 2006 and had to completely remove all 22,000 'treasures', including over 2000 Costume Collection items ranging from corsets and doublets to shoes and hats, whilst work to stabilise the property took place, with each item then returned to their exact position in the Manor as Wade had originally placed them.
Although a significant proportion of his collection was exotic, most pieces were acquired in England, including seven suits of samurai armour from a tiny shop in Cheltenham. His coat of arms, of his own creation, had the motto 'Let nothing perish', and his collection of craftsmanship encompassed such diverse objects as spinning wheels, clocks, kitchen utensils, musical instruments, bicycles, samplers, model ships, masks, toys, pipes, mouse-traps, tapestries, manuscripts, locks and keys, rush lights, and reliquaries. The guiding principles that unified the collection were good design, colour, and workmanship—not rarity or value.
Described by Wade he says ‘I have not bought things because they were rare or valuable. My guiding essentials have been good design, colour and workmanship. What a joy these old things are to live with, each piece made by the hand of a craftsman, each has feeling that no machine could ever attain. Though each room of the house is filled with items of interest, each has a restful atmosphere. They are rooms to linger in – rooms one must return to – rooms where there is always something to discover – rooms which inspire a thousand fancies’.
Eccentric or extraordinary - you be the judge.
Snowshill Village - Cotswolds, England
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2018.05.17 Snowshill Manor & Gargens, Cotswolds, UK - 02
Irene and Dave Hurr visit the beautiful 16th century Snowshill Manor and Gargens in the Cotswolds, England
National Trust - Snowshill Manor
The rather strange and fascinating world at Snowshill Manor.
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