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Madresfield Court

1593 establishments in EnglandBuildings and structures in Malvern, WorcestershireCountry houses in WorcestershireGardens in WorcestershireGrade I listed buildings in Worcestershire
Grade I listed housesHistoric house museums in WorcestershireLygon familyUse British English from September 2019
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Madresfield Court is a country house in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. The home of the Lygon family for nearly six centuries, it has never been sold and has passed only by inheritance since the 12th century; a line of unbroken family ownership reputedly exceeded in length in England only by homes owned by the British Royal Family. The present building is largely a Victorian reconstruction, although the origins of the present house are from the 16th century, and the site has been occupied since Anglo-Saxon times. The novelist Evelyn Waugh was a frequent visitor to the house and based the family of Marchmain, who are central to his novel Brideshead Revisited, on the Lygons. Surrounded by a moat, the Court is a Grade I listed building.

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Madresfield Court
Gloucester Drive, Malvern Hills District

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Gloucester Drive
WR13 5AJ Malvern Hills District
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