{"id":3272,"date":"2019-10-24T10:03:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T10:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2019-10-24T10:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T10:03:18","slug":"woodchester-mansion-gloucestershire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3272","title":{"rendered":"Woodchester Mansion, Gloucestershire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0473.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0473.jpg\" alt=\"Ext approach side\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0473.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0473-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <em>Private trust<\/em> The mansion is managed by a private trust, while the grounds are managed by the National Trust.<br \/>\nThe construction of Woodchester Mansion, a Gothic Revival house, was commenced around 1856 and abandoned around 1870. The house was never completed as the family ran out of money and heart for the project. Externally the house looks complete with roofs and windows in place, but internally floors are missing and walls and vaulting are unplastered allowing the underlying structural elements uniquely to be seen.<br \/>\nIn tune with the Gothic style, the house has a considerable amount of internal stone vaulting, which requires to resist its thrust the buttresses visible externally. The intended vaulting was not fitted in the Dining Room and Library, and these spaces remain open to roof level. Most parts of three floors and the cellar can be visited.<br \/>\nParts of the house have sustained considerable water and frost damage since the 19th century, and the Woodchester Mansion Trust is attempting to carry out repairs and return the mansion to its 1870&#8217;s condition.<br \/>\nThe mansion is of considerable interest, particularly to those interested in architecture. The NT estate offers long walks through woodland and past lakes.<br \/>\nParking is at the NT car park by the road. Visitors to the mansion face either a 1 mile walk or a wait for the shuttle buggy. There is an entrance charge for the house. The lakes are another mile further on &#8211; that&#8217;s a 4 mile walk to see the lot on foot.  On your return, watch out for the inconspicuous and unsigned steps up to the car park. \ud83d\ude41<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3301\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0476.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0476-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dining Room shell\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3301\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dining Room<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3302\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0477.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0477-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing room\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3302\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drawing room<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure id=\"attachment_3303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3303\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0478.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0478-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ground floor corridor\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3303\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gnd fl. corridor<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3304\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0481.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0481-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Chapel detail\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3304\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chapel<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_3305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3305\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0488.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Woodchester_0488-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Stone bath\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3305\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stone bath<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private trust The mansion is managed by a private trust, while the grounds are managed by the National Trust. The construction of Woodchester Mansion, a Gothic Revival house, was commenced around 1856 and abandoned around 1870. The house was never completed as the family ran out of money and heart for the project. Externally the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3272\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Woodchester Mansion, Gloucestershire&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,12,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3306,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3272\/revisions\/3306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}