| Madresfield Court | |
|---|---|
 The court across the moat | |
| Type | Country house |
| Location | Madresfield, Worcestershire |
| Coordinates | 52°07′30″N 2°16′51″W / 52.1251°N 2.2808°W |
| OS grid reference | SO8087347463 |
| Built | late Medieval (original house), 1866-1888, Victorian reconstruction |
| Architect | Philip Charles Hardwick, for the Victorian rebuilding |
| Architectural style(s) | vernacular |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Madresfield Court, including bridge, retaining wall and North service court |
| Designated | 25 March 1968 |
| Reference no. | 1098779 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Wellhead at Madrefield Court |
| Designated | 9 February 1988 |
| Reference no. | 1166846 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Stables south of Madresfield Court |
| Designated | 9 February 1988 |
| Reference no. | 1098780 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Gates and Gateway northwest of Home Farm, Madresfield Court |
| Designated | 9 February 1988 |
| Reference no. | 1098778 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Home Farmhouse and attached dairy, Madresfield Court |
| Designated | 9 February 1988 |
| Reference no. | 1098777 |
  Location of Madresfield Court in Worcestershire | |
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.