Blackborough House, Country house in Blackborough, England.
Description
Blackborough House is a country house built in Italianate style, featuring eight bedrooms and six living areas across three floors. The Grade II listed building was originally divided into two separate residences and displays distinctive architectural characteristics from that period.
History
The house was built in 1838 by George Wyndham, the fourth Earl of Egremont, and was later divided into two residences. This division allowed the Earl and his cousin to share the estate while maintaining separate households.
Culture
The house has served many purposes over time: it operated as a school, then as a Quaker training center during World War II, and later as a youth hostel. These different uses shaped the rooms and gave the building multiple layers of community meaning.
Practical
The house sits about five kilometers from the M5 motorway and roughly eight kilometers from Tiverton Parkway railway station. The property is reasonably accessible by road or train for visitors coming from surrounding areas.
Did you know?
A three-story hall with a glass dome once stood in the property's central courtyard, but now the space is open to the sky. This architectural feature reveals how the building's condition has evolved over decades.
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