Arley House and Gardens

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Arley House and Gardens are situated at Upper Arley, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Bewdley, in Worcestershire, England. The gardens, arboretum and parkland are listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens.

History: The manor of Upper Arley was acquired in the mid 15th century by Thomas de Littleton, and remained with the Lyttelton family until the death of Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton, in 1779; it then passed to his sister Lucy, wife of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris, and then to their son George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris, who built Arley Castle in 1844. He died in that year without issue and the manor passed to his nephew Arthur Lyttelton Annesley, who sold it in 1852 to Robert Woodward. It remained in the family until 1959, when it was sold to R D Turner; it was privately owned until 1997. Arley Castle was a sandstone building in Gothic style, situated on high ground near the east bank of the River Severn; it was an enlargement of a 16th- and 17th-century building. It was demolished in the early 1960s.

Description: The present Arley House, a two-storey building, was built about 1965 on the site of Arley Castle. It...