Norgrove Court

Stately home in Elcocks Brook, Callow Hill
52°17′11.53″N 1°59′27.15″W / 52.2865361°N 1.9908750°W / 52.2865361; -1.9908750

Norgrove Court is a stately home near Redditch in North Eastern Worcestershire built in 1649. It is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England.[1]

Front elevation of Norgrove Court

Location

Norgrove Court is located on Norgrove Lane, in the parish of Feckenham near the hamlets of Elcock's Brook and Callow Hill, in Worcestershire.

History

Built in 1649, it was nationally recorded as a listed building in 1954. The Old Cottage to the south west of Norgrove Court is listed Grade II and is the only surviving outbuilding of the main house.[2] N Pevsner documented the house.

Notable residence

  • Sir Thomas Cookes (1648–1701), settled an endowments on Bromsgrove School and Worcester College, Oxford with a preference for students from Feckenham among others.

References

  1. ^ Historic England, "Norgrove Court (1167093)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 February 2018
  2. ^ Historic England, "The old cottage about 30 yards south-west of Norgrove Court (1348656)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 February 2018