Aldermaston Court | |
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Location | Aldermaston |
Coordinates | 51°22′45″N 1°8′37″W / 51.37917°N 1.14361°W |
OS grid reference | SU5965764807 |
Area | 780 acres |
Built | 1636 |
Built for | Daniel Higford Davall Burr |
Rebuilt | 1848 |
Architectural style(s) | neo-Elizabethan architecture |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Aldermaston Court is a country house and private park built in the Victorian era for Daniel Higford Davall Burr with incorporations from a Stuart house. It is south-east of the village nucleus of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire. The predecessor manor house became a mansion from the wealth of its land and from assistance to Charles I during the English Civil War under ownership of the Forster baronets of Aldermaston after which the estate has alternated between the names Aldermaston Park and Aldermaston Manor.
The estate became dominated by its neo-Elizabethan mansion after a fire of 1843 destroyed one third of the predecessor and various landscape features were added which have resulted in building and grounds being Grade II* listed. Between the turn of the 21st century and its closure in 2012, the estate has been a wedding venue, a conference centre, and a hotel. Aside from the manor house and its immediate surroundings, the park is home to office buildings and a lake.