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There are numerous castles in Gloucestershire, a county in South West England.They consist of motte-and-baileys, fortified manor houses, ringwork, and ring-mottes.A motte-and-bailey castle has two elements, the motte is an artificial conical mound with a wooden stockade and stronghold on top, usually a stone keep or tower. [1]
In 1942 a major sale of the contents of the house was held. [11] The house itself was sold in the 1960s, [12] and again in 2009 as a private house. After extensive renovation the house and its later 20th century additions is now used as a hotel. [6].In 2023 the house was sold again and is now a private residence once more.
Thomas Twining, tea merchant, was born in Painswick in 1675, and in 1706 set up his first tea shop at 216 Strand, London, later to become home of the famous Twinings brand. The first Baron Dickinson lived in Painswick. His son, the second Baron, runs the Painswick Rococo Garden, designed by Benjamin Hyett II in the 1740s. [citation needed]
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Holcombe House was originally built for a wealthy clothier from Painswick in the late 1600s, [2] and was later enlarged and remodelled in the early 1900s by Detmar Blow in the Arts and Crafts manner. [3] The house was subject of a painting by Charles March Gere in 1926. [4]
It was Pain fitzJohn, a relative of de Lacy, who is the namesake of the village of Painswick and the manor house. [2] Painswick Lodge has been the home of the Lord of the Manor for Painswick between 1530 and 1804, when the manorial rights were purchased by Thomas Croome , at which point the manor house for the area was at the nearby Beech Farm.
"One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s counterculture era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. Canadian pop group The Original Caste (consisting of Dixie Lee Innes, Bruce Innes, Graham Bruce, Joseph Cavender and Bliss Mackie) first recorded it in 1969 for both the TA label and its parent Bell label.
Media related to Beacon House, Painswick at Wikimedia Commons 51°47′10″N 2°11′43″W / 51.78607°N 2.19520°W / 51.78607; -2 This article about a Gloucestershire building or structure is a stub .