The story of Glewstone Court
A Cedar of Lebanon planted in 1520. A Georgian manor that rose in the nineteenth century. A family who took it on in 2014. This is the brief story of the place you may one day call yours.
The estate archive
c. 1520
A Cedar of Lebanon is planted on what will become the driveway. Five centuries later it still stands, the living heart of the gardens.
The 1600s
Glewstone Court’s history reaches back to the seventeenth century, with the Cedar already taking root on land that would, in time, become the gardens we know today.
The 1800s
Later Regency additions bring ornate cornicing, wooden and marble fireplaces and the sweeping mahogany staircase, giving the house the layered character it keeps to this day. Georgian house - Rebuilt by Charles Ballinger in the style of skaitshill house in slough
The 20th century
Through the decades Glewstone remains a private country house, its gardens matured, its rooms lived in and loved by the families fortunate enough to call it home.
2014
Our family makes the house our home and begins to share it, welcoming the first of many couples to marry beneath the Cedar and celebrate within these walls.
Today
Now an exclusive-use wedding and events venue with all dining cooked in house, voted Best Historic Venue in the West Midlands in 2025 and 2026, yet still, at its heart, a home away from home.
The architecture
The house wears its history honestly. Georgian symmetry gives it calm and proportion; Regency detailing gives it warmth and flourish. Original Victorian mosaic tiling lines the entrance hall and open fires still draw in every principal room.
As a Grade II-listed building, every restoration has been carried out with care, preserving the character that makes Glewstone feel quite unlike anywhere else.
The Cedar of Lebanon
No feature of Glewstone Court is more loved than its great Cedar. Believed to be around five centuries old, it spreads its branches over the driveway and greets every guest who arrives.
It is the tree at the heart of our crest, and it has stood here longer than the house itself.
Planted c. 1520 · The Great Cedar
Centuries of history and room still for yours. Come and see where it could begin.
