# Elmore Court

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'''Elmore Court''' is a [grade II* listed](/source/Listed_building) [mansion](/source/mansion), located at [Elmore](/source/Elmore%2C_Gloucestershire) in the [Stroud](/source/Stroud_(district)) district of [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire), England.<ref name="nhle">{{cite web |title=Elmore Court |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1090810 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313214420/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1090810 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The original building dates from between 1564 and 1588.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elmore Court|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-131709-elmore-court-elmore-gloucestershire|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=21 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007045100/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-131709-elmore-court-elmore-gloucestershire|archive-date=7 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==

The property has been the family seat of the [Guise baronets](/source/Guise_baronets) for nearly 800 years. It was first granted by John of Burgh, who was part of the court of [Henry III](/source/Henry_III_of_England), with the rent set at "One clove of [Gillyflower](/source/Gillyflower)" each year.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Guise Family and its Gloucestershire Properties |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8dfe3e43-02ac-4600-b647-c039bddb9454 |publisher=National Archives |accessdate=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323212733/http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8dfe3e43-02ac-4600-b647-c039bddb9454 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Time Flies... A decade and four years in |url=https://www.elmorecourt.com/journal/time-flies/ |publisher=Elmore Court |accessdate=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Elmore Court |url=https://www.historichouses.org/houses/house-listing/elmore-court.html |publisher=Historic Houses |accessdate=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.elmorecourt.com/history/ |publisher=Elmore Court |accessdate=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226185615/http://www.elmorecourt.com/history |archive-date=26 February 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The current house was built between 1564 and 1588, and it was altered during the 18th and 19th centuries.<ref name="nhle"/>

The Guise Mausoleum, built in 1733, is in the churchyard of St John the Baptist, the local church.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Guise Mausoleum |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1247875 |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=1 March 2021}}</ref>

The Guise family was non-resident from about 1685 to about 1845, when [Sir John Wright Guise, 3rd Baronet](/source/Sir_John_Wright_Guise%2C_3rd_Baronet), took up residence. The house had been used as a school from 1778,<ref>{{cite book |title=The London Quarterly Review, Issues 309-312 |date=1880 |publisher=Theodore Foster |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9blAAAAMAAJ&q=Elmore+Court+School+1778&pg=RA1-PA174}}</ref> originally under the Revd. Charles Bishop (died 1788), and later under the Carveth family until about 1830. Its most distinguished pupil was the future surgeon [William Lawrence](/source/Sir_William_Lawrence%2C_1st_Baronet).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lawrence |first1=William |title=Lectures on Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, Zoology. And the Natural History of Man. 7th Ed |date=1838 |publisher=John Taylor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cx5DOdDZDucC&q=Elmore+Court+School+William+Lawrence&pg=PP6}}</ref>

From 1921 until 1970, the home was owned by [Sir Anselm Guise, 6th Baronet](/source/Sir_Anselm_Guise%2C_6th_Baronet). The current owner, Sir Anselm Guise, 9th Baronet, inherited the estate in 2007 from his uncle, the 7th Baronet, with the [baronet](/source/baronet)cy going first to Anselm's father, Sir Christopher James Guise, 8th Baronet (1930–2022).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fox-Leonard |first1=Boudicca |title=A party home with an ancient pedigree |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/party-home-ancient-pedigree/ |accessdate=29 March 2020 |work=Telegraph |date=15 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308075323/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/party-home-ancient-pedigree/ |archive-date=8 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jarvis |first1=Katie |title=Interview: At home with the hedonistic heir |url=https://www.cotswoldlife.co.uk/home/interview-at-home-with-the-hedonistic-heir-1-2828905 |accessdate=29 March 2020 |work=Cotswold Life |date=1 October 2013}}</ref>

In 2008 and 2011, Elmore Court was the subject of a [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) television programme presented by hotelier [Ruth Watson](/source/Ruth_Watson) as part of her ''[Country House Rescue](/source/Country_House_Rescue)'' series.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elmore Court|url=http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/country-house-rescue/elmore-court-08-12-16|work=4 Homes|publisher=Channel 4|accessdate=9 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908022919/http://www.channel4.com/4homes/on-tv/country-house-rescue/elmore-court-08-12-16|archive-date=8 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2013, Anselm Guise's plans for a sustainable new wedding reception venue called The Gillyflower at Elmore Court featured in the BBC2 TV programme, ''[Permission Impossible: Britain's Planners](/source/Permission_Impossible%3A_Britain's_Planners)''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Episode 1 Permission Impossible gallery |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01shr3d/p01shpjx |publisher=BBC |accessdate=29 March 2020}}</ref> Elmore Court and The Gillyflower opened for weddings and events in November 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lewisloves.com/weddings-elmore-court/|title=Weddings at Elmore Court - Gloucestershire's Ultimate Party Venue?|date=2017-05-31|work=Lewis Loves|access-date=2017-06-05|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804043923/http://lewisloves.com/weddings-elmore-court/|archive-date=4 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Elmore Court - Wedding Venue |url=https://www.architecture.com/find-an-architect/millar-howard-workshop/stroud/elmore-court-wedding-venue |publisher=RIBA |accessdate=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gillyflower Wedding Venue Elmore Court, Gloucestershire |url=https://www.integral-engineering.co.uk/projects/culture-and-leisure/gillyflower-wedding-venue-elmore-court-gloucestershire/ |publisher=Integral Engineering Design |accessdate=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Elmore Court |url=https://www.mhworkshop.co.uk/projects/venues-retreats-and-education/elmore-court/ |publisher=Miller + Howard Workshop |accessdate=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Jenni |title=Take a look inside one of Gloucestershire's hottest wedding venues |url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/take-look-inside-one-gloucestershires-55139 |accessdate=29 March 2020 |work=Gloucestershire Live |date=11 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516093452/http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/take-look-inside-one-gloucestershires-55139 |archive-date=16 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[Rewilding](/source/Rewilding_(conservation_biology)) began in 2020 with 250 acres of the estate,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Editor |first=Ben Webster, Environment |title=Anselm Guise to rewild 250 acres of Elmore Court in Gloucestershire |newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/anselm-guise-to-rewild-250-acres-of-elmore-court-in-gloucestershire-bb6xvxnhk |access-date=2022-11-29 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> regenerative farming began in 2022 through a collaboration with Wildfarmed, and the building of treehouses overlooking revived wetlands will be complete in 2023.

==Architecture==

The two and three-storey [limestone](/source/limestone) building consists of a central hall with cross-wings. The centre of the front of the building has a 19th-century porch with [Doric](/source/Doric_order) columns.<ref name="nhle"/>

The [wrought iron](/source/wrought_iron) gates at the entrance of the driveway are 300 years old and originally sited at Rendcomb.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmorecourt.com/journal/covid-wedding-planning-update/|title=Corona update from Anselm}}</ref>

The walls to the south of the main building were constructed in the early 18th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gateway to south of Elmore Court |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340625 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022818/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1340625 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==External links==
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* [https://www.elmorecourt.com Elmore Court]

Category:Country houses in Gloucestershire
Category:Grade II* listed houses in Gloucestershire

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