Westonbirt House

Westonbirt House is a country house in Gloucestershire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) southwest of the town of Tetbury. It belonged to the Holford family from 1665 until 1926. The first house on the site was an Elizabethan manor house. The Holfords replaced it first with a Georgian house, and then Robert Stayner Holford, who inherited Westonbirt in 1839, replaced that house between 1863 and 1870 with the present mansion which was designed by Lewis Vulliamy. He also remodelled the gardens, diverted the main road and relocated the villagers.

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1963 Fashion Museum

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1978 Museum of Bath at Work

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1979 Bath Postal Museum

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1980 Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum

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1981 Herschel Museum of Astronomy

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1984 Museum of Bath Architecture

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1985 Dr Jenner's House

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1986 Thornbury and District Museum

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1989 Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum

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1990 Bradford On Avon Museum

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1991 Kingswood Heritage Museum

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1993 Museum of East Asian Art

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1994 Bath Abbey Heritage Vaults

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1995 Yate Heritage Centre

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2000 Chippenham Museum

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2000 Frenchay Village Museum

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2003 Museum of Computing at Swindon

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2013 Museum of Bath Stone

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CS p3.118 - Westonbirt House, Gloucestershire - Morris's County Seats, 1879

Westonbirt manor house 1813 Sparrow

Westonbirt manor house 1813 Sparrow

Weston Birt circa 1826

Robert Stayner Holford circa 1860 Web

Susannah Wilson 1871

Westonbirt 1873 Web

The Gardeners' chronicle - a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects (1881) (14597205170)

Evelyn Holford Web

Margaret Holford Web

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Thornbury Castle	castle, country house hotel	Wikidata
site	castle	1067	Berkeley Castle	castle, historic house museum, history museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Corsham Court	garden, historic house museum, English country house	Wikidata
site	garden		Miserden House	house, garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Westbury Court Garden	garden	Wikidata
site	garden		Westonbirt House	garden, English country house	Wikidata
site	garden	1750	Prior Park Landscape Garden	English garden	Wikidata
site	museum		Acton Court	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Avon Valley Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Bath Aqua Theatre of Glass	museum, art gallery	Wikidata
site	museum		Castle Farm Folk Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Chavenage House	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Dean Forest Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Dean Heritage Centre	mining museum, local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dyrham Park	park, English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Fox Talbot Museum	building, biographical museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Glenside Hospital Museum	museum, hospital museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Gloucester Life	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Gloucester Waterways Museum	museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Jane Austen Centre	literary museum, biographical museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Lydiard House	historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Gloucester	art museum, natural history museum, public museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Newark Park	English country house, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		No. 1 Royal Crescent	museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Sally Lunns Historic Eating House & Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Swindon and Cricklade Railway	heritage railway, charitable organization	Wikidata
site	museum		Swindon Steam Railway Museum	railway museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Winterbourne House	university museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1201	Lacock Abbey	museum, abbey	Wikidata
site	museum	1616	Owlpen Manor	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1824	Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution	library, natural history museum, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1870	Woodchester Mansion	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1882	Holburne Museum	art museum, museum building	Wikidata
site	museum	1897	Roman Baths	museum, tourist attraction, architectural structure, museum building, thermae, ancient Roman structure	Wikidata
site	museum	1900	Victoria Art Gallery	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1904	Calne Heritage Centre	Carnegie library, heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1919	Swindon Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1926	Rodmarton Manor	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum	1931	Athelstan Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1937	Lydney Park Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1938	Corinium Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1958	REME Museum	science museum, history museum, regimental museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1961	American Museum and Gardens	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1963	Fashion Museum	fashion museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1978	Museum of Bath at Work	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1979	Bath Postal Museum	postal museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1980	Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum	independent museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Herschel Museum of Astronomy	astronomical museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Museum of Bath Architecture	building, local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Dr Jenner's House	historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Thornbury and District Museum	museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1990	Bradford On Avon Museum	museum, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Kingswood Heritage Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Museum of East Asian Art	art museum, charitable organization, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1994	Bath Abbey Heritage Vaults	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Yate Heritage Centre	heritage center, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Chippenham Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Frenchay Village Museum	museum, history museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Museum of Computing at Swindon	computer museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2013	Museum of Bath Stone	mining museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2017	Aerospace Bristol	aviation museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2021	Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein	museum, attraction	Wikidata
commons	image		CS p3.118 - Westonbirt House, Gloucestershire - Morris's County Seats, 1879		Commons
commons	image		Westonbirt manor house 1813 Sparrow		Commons
commons	image		Westonbirt manor house 1813 Sparrow		Commons
commons	image		Weston Birt circa 1826		Commons
commons	image		Robert Stayner Holford circa 1860 Web		Commons
commons	image		Susannah Wilson 1871		Commons
commons	image		Westonbirt 1873 Web		Commons
commons	image		The Gardeners' chronicle - a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects (1881) (14597205170)		Commons
commons	image		Evelyn Holford Web		Commons
commons	image		Margaret Holford Web		Commons