Sulgrave Manor | |
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Type | House |
Location | Sulgrave, Northamptonshire |
Coordinates | 52°06′21″N 1°10′57″W / 52.1058°N 1.1826°W |
Built | 1540–1560 |
Architectural style(s) | Tudor hall house |
Owner | Sulgrave Manor Trust |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | The Manor House and attached Brewhouse |
Designated | 4 February 1969 |
Reference no. | 1371865 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | West (Right) Gatepier at entrance to Manor House |
Designated | 4 July 1985 |
Reference no. | 1040431 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | East (Left) Gatepier at entrance to Manor House |
Designated | 4 July 1985 |
Reference no. | 1190936 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Manor Cottage |
Designated | 4 February 1969 |
Reference no. | 1190899 |
Official name | Sulgrave Manor Garden |
Designated | 25 June 1984 |
Reference no. | 1001040 |
Sulgrave Manor, Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, England is a mid-16th century Tudor hall house built by Lawrence Washington, the 3rd great-grandfather of George Washington, first President of the United States. The manor passed out of the hands of the Washington family in the 17th century and by the 19th had descended to the status of a farmhouse. In 1911, Theodore Roosevelt, a former US president, suggested a memorial to commemorate 100 years of peace between the United Kingdom and the United States, and the manor was bought for this purpose in 1914. Between 1920 and 1930 the manor was restored, and a garden was created by Reginald Blomfield. Sulgrave Manor is now administered by a trust and is a Grade I listed building.