Wightwick Manor and Gardens
Visitor information
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© Andreas von Einsiedel
The Great Parlour at Wightwick Manor
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© Andrew Butler
Wightwick Manor
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© Cliff Guttridge
Sir Geoffrey Mander and Family at Wightwick Manor
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A glimpse inside Wightwick Manor's prized copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer.
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© Patrick Vasey
The South terrace in the early morning
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© Andreas von Einsiedel
Swinburne bed in the Oak Room, Wightwick Manor
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© Patrick Vasey
The rose garden arbour in the early morning mist
Notice: Please donate to our appeal to save 4 Philip Webb drawings. visit www.justgiving.co.uk/wightwickmanor
The legacy of a family's passion for Victorian art and design
In 1937 Geoffrey Mander MP did something remarkable - he persuaded the National Trust to accept a house that was just 50 years old.
The local paint manufacturer and Liberal MP had been left the timber-framed house by his father Theodore. Taking inspiration from a lecture on 'the House Beautiful' by Oscar Wilde, Theodore and his wife Flora had decorated its interiors with the designs of William Morris and his Arts and Crafts contemporaries.
This house of the Aesthetic Movement was, by 1937, a relic of an out of fashion era. Yet, so complete was the design that it was worthy of preservation. Having given the house to the Trust, Geoffrey and his second wife Rosalie became its live-in curators, opening the house to the public and adding to its contents. In particular they added a remarkable collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings by Rossetti, Burne-Jones and their followers.
So take a step back in time and visit the ever-changing family home that’s also the world’s most unlikely art gallery.
Wightwick Manor - haven of a romantic industrialist.
The Lion, one of the four images
Help us save some fantastic pictures
We are raising money to save watercolours by Morris & Co designer Philip Webb for public display. They were preparatory sketches for the Forest tapestry now belonging to the V&A. They used to belong to Wolverhampton art collector Laurence Hodson and are now on the market.
Woof Woof
The whole family is welcome at Wightwick Manor, bring you 4 legged friends to walk in our grounds. All we ask is that they are kept on leads and you clean up after them.
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