Dorney Court is an early Tudormanor house, dating from around 1500, located in the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire. (grid reference SU9279). Tudor usually relates to the Tudor period in English history, which refers to the period of time between 1485 and 1558/1603 when the Tudor dynasty held the English throne. ... A manor house is a country house, which has historically formed the centre of a manor (see Manorialism). ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dorney is a village in the English county of Buckinghamshire, near to Slough and about two and a half miles west of Eton. ... Map of Bucks (1904) This article is about the English county. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
Dorney Court has always been the manor house of Dorney village, a house has stood on the site since shortly after the Norman conquest. The Palmer family have lived at Dorney Court for more than 450 years. On first appearances the building appears to be entirely medieval, but in fact some of the exterior is a Victorian reconstruction. The interior layout of the house is little changed from 1500, the oldest part of the house is the panelled parlour, it contains some very fine examples of antique furniture.[1] The great hall has numerous family portraits and contains linenfold panelling brought from Faversham Abbey, in times past it was used to hold the Manor court.[1] Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman conquest of England was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles during the Victorian era: Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Anne Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) British Arts and Crafts movement painted... Faversham Abbey was a monastery immediately to the north-east of the town of Faversham, England and was founded by King Stephen and his queen Matilda in 1147. ...
Dorney Court is privately owned, but has been open to the public since 1981.
References
^ abThe Country Life book of Castles and Houses in Britain. ISBN 0600358674.
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