Tyntesfield
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Tyntesfield () is a Victorian Gothic Revival country house and estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England. The house is a Grade I listed building named after the Tynte baronets, who had owned estates in the area since about 1500. The location was formerly that of a 16th-century hunting lodge, which was used as a farmhouse until the early 19th century. In the 1830s a Georgian mansion was built on the site, which was bought by English businessman William Gibbs, whose huge fortune came from guano used as fertilizer. In the 1860s Gibbs had the house significantly expanded and remodelled; a chape
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- National Trust
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wraxall and Failand
- Owned by
- National Trust
- Operator
- National Trust
- Official website
- www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tyntesfield
- Image
- Tyntesfield 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tyntesfield
- main building contractor
- William Cubitt
- associated electoral district
- North Somerset
- architectural style
- Gothic Revival
- maintained by
- National Trust
- described at URL
- www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tyntesfield
- inception
- 1863-00-00
- OS grid reference
- ST5064671505
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Encyclopedic overview
32 sectionsContents
- History
- Background
- Purchase by the Gibbs family
- Redevelopment
- Design
- Chapel
- Owners
- William Gibbs: 1846–75
- Antony Gibbs:1875–1907
- George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall: 1907–31
- Ursula, Lady Wraxall: 1931–79
- Richard Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall: 1979–2001
- National Trust purchase
- Initial conservation
- Estate
- House interior
- Contents
- Paintings
- Home Farm Visitor Centre
- Park
- Kitchen garden
- Orangery
- Aviary
- Sawmill
- Wildlife
- Bats
- Visitor access
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Tyntesfield () is a Victorian Gothic Revival country house and estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England. The house is a Grade I listed building named after the Tynte baronets, who had owned estates in the area since about 1500. The location was formerly that of a 16th-century hunting lodge, which was used as a farmhouse until the early 19th century. In the 1830s a Georgian mansion was built on the site, which was bought by English businessman William Gibbs, whose huge fortune came from guano used as fertilizer. In the 1860s Gibbs had the house significantly expanded and remodelled; a chapel was added in the 1870s. The Gibbs family owned the house until the death of Richard Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall in 2001.
Tyntesfield was purchased by the National Trust in June 2002, after a fundraising campaign to prevent it being sold to private interests and ensure it would be open to the public. The house was opened to visitors for the first time just 10 weeks after the acquisition, and as more rooms are restored they are added to the tour.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tyntesfield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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