Clevedon Court

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Clevedon Court is a manor house built around 1320 by Sir John de Clevedon, laid out in the typical medieval way with a screens passage, a Great Hall, service rooms and a private chapel. Its medieval character has survived through ownership by the de Clevedon, Wake, Digby and Elton families.

Over the centuries the house changed hands through marriage and sale. In the 16th century the Wake family enlarged the windows and added a west wing, and in 1630 it was sold to Sir John Digby, Earl of Bristol. In 1709 Sir Abraham Elton, a Bristol industrialist and merchant, bought the house with its estate, and it has been the home of the Elton family ever since. The National Trust explains that Elton's wealth was linked to the transatlantic slave trade.

The house later became known for its literary connections to the poet Tennyson and the novelist Thackeray. The Elton family passed it to the National Trust in 1961, and it is still opened and managed on the Trust's behalf by the family. The collections include Eltonware, the studio pottery made on the premises by the 8th baronet, a room of Nailsea glass and a group of industrial prints. Behind the house a terraced garden of the 18th century rises up the hillside.

Hoogtepunten

• Medieval Great Hall and chapel window of about 1320
• Eltonware studio pottery made at the house
• Room of Nailsea glass and collection of industrial prints
• Grade II-listed 18th-century terraced garden
• Literary links to Tennyson and Thackeray

Vaste collectie

• The manor house and its collections – A medieval manor house with its Great Hall and chapel, Eltonware pottery, Nailsea glass and industrial prints.

Opgericht

1320

Beheerder

National Trust

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Prices are for house and garden admission as published without Gift Aid. Free entry for National Trust members.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: niet aanwezig
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The house has narrow corridors, steps and uneven terrain. The terraced garden has many steep steps and slopes, narrow loose gravel paths and some cobbles, and there is no accessible route to the terraces. There is no wheelchair-accessible toilet. Mobility parking is about 40 yards from the entrance, but the free car park is on a grass slope. Assistance dogs are welcome.

Kinderen & gezin

Child tickets cover ages 5 to 17 and under 5s are free. The steep terraces and narrow paths may be difficult with pushchairs.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

On the B3130 Bristol road, signposted from junction 20 of the M5. About 30 minutes on foot from Clevedon town centre via the Clevedon Skyline Walk; National Cycle Network route 33 runs close by.

Service & horeca

• Café

Café by the car park serving hot drinks and snacks, run by Fawn Coffee. Toilets are available.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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