Courtfield | |
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Type | House |
Location | Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire |
Coordinates | 51°51′16″N 2°35′09″W / 51.8544°N 2.5859°W |
Built | 19th century |
Architect | William Miles |
Architectural style(s) | Regency |
Owner | Privately owned |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Courtfield and adjoining quadrant wall with coachway entrance |
Designated | 18 May 1969 |
Reference no. | 1179390 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Chapel of St Mary |
Designated | 3 July 1985 |
Reference no. | 1348964 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | The Hermitage |
Designated | 3 July 1985 |
Reference no. | 1099390 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Glenwye |
Designated | 3 July 1985 |
Reference no. | 1179411 |
Courtfield, Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire, England is a country house dating from the early 19th century. The present building stands on the site of a much older mansion which, according to tradition, was home to Henry V for the early years of his life. This house was originally called Greenfield or Greyfield but was renamed Courtfield at that time. Nothing now remains of that building and the present house was erected in the very early 19th century by William Michael Vaughan. The Vaughans had purchased the estate in the 16th century. Staunchly Roman Catholic, and much persecuted in the 17th and 18th centuries; in the mid-19th century Herbert Vaughan, later a cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster, was brought up at the house, born into a large family, an unusually high number of whom entered the church. In 1950 Courtfield was sold by Patrick Vaughan to the Mill Hill Missionaries who ran a House of Formation at the house. In 2010, the mission was closed and the house sold back to the Vaughan family, who had retained ownership of the wider estate. Courtfield is a Grade II listed building. The house is not open to the public.