Name: A Virtual Tour of Ockwells Manor with Ann Darracott
Start: 2025-01-30T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-30T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Cox Green Library

A Virtual Tour of Ockwells Manor with Ann Darracott

Join us for a fascinating evening as we explore, virtually, the historic Ockwells Manor.
About this Event

Ockwells Manor House on the outskirts of Maidenhead was built by John Norreys, Esquire to the Body of Henry VI, in the mid C15th between the loss of English held lands in France but before the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses.

The talk will include a virtual tour of the house pointing out both original features and the changes that have occurred. Still in its Great Hall is a set of contemporary armorial glass of great historic and aesthetic interest. The personalities represented in the glass and the scheme that Norreys put up will be detailed.

At the end of the C19th Ockwells was being used as a farmhouse and was becoming ruinous. The process of restoration will be described as well as the present status of the house, currently being restored for a new owner. The National Trust nearly acquired this house in the C20th. Why they didn’t will be explained.