The Manor Country House Hotel, Weston-on-the-Green

The Manor Country House Hotel in Weston-on-the-Green is a building of historical significance and is Grade II* listed on the English Heritage Register.

Today it is a hotel which provides accommodation, restaurant facilities and caters for special events.

In the 16th century, the house was re-fronted and the entrance hall and Tudor fireplace constructed.

[2] During this time the house was owned by the Norreys family (sometimes spelt Norris) who were influential politicians and landowners.

In 1669 Sir Edward Norreys was the owner and when he died in 1712 he passed it to his only surviving son James.

In about 1780 he added a timber rooftop outline and linenfold panelling that had been transferred from his property Notley Abbey in Buckinghamshire.

He married late in life and had no heirs so when he died in 1790 the house was inherited by his brother Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon.

In 1835 the famous artist Sir William Beechey painted Georgiana with her son Charles.

[7] After Georgiana died her son Captain Frederic Arthur Bertie (1837-1885) and his wife Rose moved into the house.

In 1873 he married Rose Emily daughter of John Pratt de Montmorency of Castle Morres in Ireland.

In his youth he decided to live in the USA where he met his wife Frances Howard Leggett.