23-510: Dumbleton Hall is in the village of Dumbleton between the towns of Evesham and Tewkesbury and on the boundary of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. The Hall is a Grade II* listed building. The original Dumbleton Hall can be traced from around 1690 as the home of the Cocks family for over 200 years. After the death of Sir Richard Cocks in the late 18th century the Hall fell into disrepair and
46-513: A GWR 4900 Class locomotive after the hall in 1929. Dumbleton Hall has been preserved and is currently in Japan. 52°01′08″N 1°58′56″W / 52.0190°N 1.9821°W / 52.0190; -1.9821 Dumbleton Dumbleton is a village and civil parish in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire , England. The village is roughly 20 miles from
69-597: A deep round-headed niche flanked by free-standing Corinthian columns. The redundant St Mary's Church, Little Washbourne is also in the parish of Dumbleton. The parish was in the possession of Abingdon Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries . The origin and development over the years of the Old Rectory is still subject to debate. The home as it stands was constructed in the 17th century. It
92-614: A hotel in 1959. The Music Video for 'Psycophantic Suicide' by Rock Band Wrathchild was filmed at the Hall in 2011. Dumbleton Hall is Grade II* listed by English Heritage. The village falls in the 'Isbourne' electoral ward . This ward runs east–west and stretches from the Worcestershire boundary to Teddington . The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 1,955. 52°01′21″N 1°58′41″W / 52.02242°N 1.97809°W / 52.02242; -1.97809 Dumbleton Hall Dumbleton Hall
115-604: A living memorial for those workers who died the two World Wars. Dumbleton Hall Hotel is now owned by the Dumbleton Hall Hotel Property Company Limited and represented by Bespoke Hotels, the UK’s largest independent hotel group. The Hall has been open to the general public as a hotel and wedding venue since 1996. The Great Western Railway named a GWR 4900 Class locomotive after the hall in 1929. Dumbleton Hall has been preserved and
138-407: A successful Cricket Club (National Village Cup Winners 2022), a Social Club, Garden Club, Infants’ School (temporarily closed as of September 2022) and an Estate Office. The village also contains the main entrance to Dumbleton Hall , which now functions as a hotel. The civil parish includes the village of Great Washbourne which was a separate civil parish until 1935. From 1935 to 2023 Wormington
161-461: Is a memorial to their relative, Arctic explorer Gino Watkins . The merchant banker and political fundraiser Lord Hambro is also buried in the churchyard. A large painted monument dedicated to Sir Charles Percy son of the Earl of Northumberland and Dorothy Cocks, his wife, is also to be found within the church. The colourful monument of two figures kneeling over their deceased child is situated within
184-560: Is divided into two wings, north and south. The south wing incorporates a 16th-century timber-framed house with detailed decorative patterning. A blocked window at the rear of the house has a painted trompe-l'œil of another window from which the Revd. Charles Cocks is seen looking out. His likeness was copied from a painting found in Eastnor Castle . The trompe l'oeil painting was painted by artists Roy Amiss and Benoit Gardner. Both
207-435: Is in the village of Dumbleton between the towns of Evesham and Tewkesbury and on the boundary of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. The Hall is a Grade II* listed building. The original Dumbleton Hall can be traced from around 1690 as the home of the Cocks family for over 200 years. After the death of Sir Richard Cocks in the late 18th century the Hall fell into disrepair and was eventually demolished c1780. In 1830
230-603: The 1940s the Women's Land Army were billeted on the top floor of the Hall. The Hall became a private hotel in 1959 when it was purchased by the Post Office Fellowship of Remembrance for the benefit of its members for the sum of £180,000. In 1960 the Hall opened to provided holiday facilities to Post Office employees. It was funded as a living memory to those men and women of the Post Office who had died in
253-628: The Eyres family and in the 1930s, the Hall was well known for its popular house parties with regular guests including John Betjeman , later to become Poet Laureate. During the Second World War, the Hall was allegedly considered as a suitable alternative venue for the House of Lords. It is also suggested that Hitler 'reserved' the Hall as a private residence upon his victory in Europe. Following
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#1732780014792276-570: The Eyres-Monsell family and in the 1920s and 1930s the Hall held house and society parties with regular guests including John Betjeman , later to become Poet Laureate, and the Mitford sisters . The German Ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop was invited to stay at Dumbleton. During the Second World War the Hall was allegedly considered as a suitable alternative venue for the House of Lords . In
299-637: The First and Second World Wars. A memorial garden was laid out in the former swimming pool area. Books of Remembrance listing all 12,830 postal workers killed in the two world wars were kept at the Hall, but these are now on permanent display at the Postal Museum in London. In early 2021 The Post Office Fellowship of Remembrance sold Dumbleton Hall Hotel with the profits being donated to Post Office and BT related charities, to continue its mission to provide
322-424: The Hall was allegedly considered as a suitable alternative venue for the House of Lords . In the 1940s the Women's Land Army were billeted on the top floor of the Hall. The Hall became a private hotel in 1959 when it was purchased by the Post Office Fellowship of Remembrance for the benefit of its members for the sum of £180,000. In 1960 the Hall opened to provided holiday facilities to Post Office employees. It
345-469: The Wedgwood family and they are likely to have been visitors. From 1881, Dumbleton Hall became home to the Eyres-Monsell family and in the 1920s and 1930s the Hall held house and society parties with regular guests including John Betjeman , later to become Poet Laureate, and the Mitford sisters . The German Ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop was invited to stay at Dumbleton. During the Second World War
368-478: The agriculturalist Edward Holland employed George Stanley Repton to build the present Hall using the local Cotswold stone . The Hall was completed in 1832. Elizabeth Gaskell , the novelist and cousin of Edward Holland, was a frequent visitor to the Hall. Holland's eldest son married Mrs Gaskell's daughter. Holland knew Charles Darwin , Charles Dickens and the Wedgwood family and they are likely to have been visitors. From 1881, Dumbleton Hall became home to
391-581: The city of Gloucester . The village is known to have existed in the time of Æthelred I who granted land to Abingdon Abbey , and it is mentioned in the Domesday Book . Dumbleton is on the edge of Dumbleton Hill, a foothill of the Cotswolds and is within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . Dumbleton is mainly residential with facilities including a Village Hall from 1899,
414-582: The death of the last member of the Eyres family to own the Hall, Caroline Mary Sybil Eyres-Monsell, Viscountess Monsell, formerly married to Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell , the Hall was sold and her son Graham and daughter Joan moved into the Mill House on the Dumbleton Hall estate. They were buried in Dumbleton as was Joan's husband Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor . The Hall became
437-467: The north and south portions of the Old Rectory are Grade II listed by English Heritage. The original Dumbleton Hall can be traced from around 1534, as the home of the Cocks family for over 200 years. After the death of Sir Richard Cocks in the late 18th century, the Hall fell into disrepair and was eventually demolished. Rebuilt in the mid 19th century using Cotswold stone, Dumbleton Hall became home to
460-456: The profits being donated to Post Office and BT related charities, to continue its mission to provide a living memorial for those workers who died the two World Wars. Dumbleton Hall Hotel is now owned by the Dumbleton Hall Hotel Property Company Limited and represented by Bespoke Hotels, the UK’s largest independent hotel group. The Hall has been open to the general public as a hotel and wedding venue since 1996. The Great Western Railway named
483-440: Was also part of Dumbleton until the parish was split following a Community Governance Review. St Peter's Church is of Norman origin with mainly 13th-century additions. The chancel was rebuilt in 1862. In 1960 it was designated a Grade I Listed Building . The travel writer Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor is buried in the churchyard with his wife Joan (née Eyres Monsell) and brother-in-law Lord Monsell . Inside St Peter's Church
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#1732780014792506-411: Was eventually demolished c1780. In 1830 the agriculturalist Edward Holland employed George Stanley Repton to build the present Hall using the local Cotswold stone . The Hall was completed in 1832. Elizabeth Gaskell , the novelist and cousin of Edward Holland, was a frequent visitor to the Hall. Holland's eldest son married Mrs Gaskell's daughter. Holland knew Charles Darwin , Charles Dickens and
529-456: Was funded as a living memory to those men and women of the Post Office who had died in the First and Second World Wars. A memorial garden was laid out in the former swimming pool area. Books of Remembrance listing all 12,830 postal workers killed in the two world wars were kept at the Hall, but these are now on permanent display at the Postal Museum in London. In early 2021 The Post Office Fellowship of Remembrance sold Dumbleton Hall Hotel with
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