Priors Marston Manor
Priors Marston Manor is an estate and house near the village of Priors Marston in Warwickshire. It is owned by John and Laura Asquith, aunt and uncle of Robert and Emma Vickery.
It was acquired in the mid 1680s by Bennet Asquith, the first Marquess of Coniston as an estate for his second son Henry. However, on Henry's being granted the title of Baron Wolvercote, it became the seat of a Barony and remained so until the second Baron Wolvercote willed it to his younger son, leaving the second estate to his elder son, who had always expressed a preference for the second estate, which has recently been rebuilt and renamed.
Priors Marston Manor, usually called Priors Marston when people are away from the estate and simply referred to as 'the Manor' by the locals, was given a facelift by the second Baron Wolvercote between 1745-1750, with the entrance front being remodelled and Rococo plasterwork added inside, as well having Palladian façades added.
Prior Marston Manor is represented by Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire. All photos are of Farnborough Hall
