Guy's Cliffe House viewed from the north-west, showing the River Avon in the foreground

Date:
1865 - 1875
Location:
Guy's Cliffe House, Leek Wootton and Guy's Cliffe, Guy's Cliffe, Warwick, Warwickshire
Reference:
AL0180/011/01
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Description

A chantry was established at the site of Guy's Cliffe House in 1423, following from a legend that 'Guy', Earl of Warwick, lived as a hermit there in a cave near the River Avon. Between 1748 and 1758 Samuel Greatheed began the development of the current house. Following the Second World War, the estate was broken up and sold. The house fell into disrepair and suffered fire damage in 1996-97.

Print has ID of 633

Content

This is part of the Volume: AL0180 Album of photographs of Warwickshire; within the Collection: ALB14 Francis Bedford

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Bedford, Francis

Keywords

Post Medieval House