Westwood Manor
Westwood Manor is a 15th-century
National Trust since 1956 and was designated as Grade I listed in 1962.[2]
Early lessees include Thomas Horton (d. 1530), owner of a cloth mill at Iford, who is thought to have been responsible for improvements to the nearby village church.[3]
The house was devised to the National Trust by Edgar Lister, a diplomat at the
tapestries collected by Lister from 1911 until his death in 1956. He restored the house throughout and adorned the garden with topiary; he was also an expert in needlepoint and upholstered much of its furniture in Florentine work.[citation needed
]
The property is occupied by a tenant who administers it on behalf of the National Trust, and is open to the public a few days of the week in the summer.[citation needed]
References
- ISBN 978-0-14-0710-26-7.
- ^ Historic England. "Westwood Manor, Lower Westwood (1285342)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Westwood". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 30 December 2020.