Knighton Gorges Manor, Manor house ruins in Newchurch, Isle of Wight, England.
Knighton Gorges Manor is the remains of a former country house in the village of Knighton, on the Isle of Wight. What survives today includes stone gateposts, walled gardens with earthwork features, and a garden building set near the slopes of Knighton Down.
The manor dates to the 12th century and is said to have sheltered Sir Hugh de Morville, one of the men involved in the killing of Archbishop Thomas Becket, after that event. In 1820, the then owner Maurice George Bisset had the house deliberately burned down.
The rooms here reflect Tudor design choices, with large square windows and low roofs typical of English country houses from that period.
The grounds are privately owned and not open to the public, though the remaining structures can be seen from nearby public paths. Walking around the surrounding area gives a good sense of the former size of the estate.
Bisset had the house destroyed not out of neglect or misfortune, but to prevent his daughter and her husband from inheriting it after his death, as he disapproved of her marriage. Rather than sell or transfer the property, he chose to leave nothing behind.
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