SLHS Welcombe House/Hotel

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History

An estate described as the 'Manor' of WELCOMBE is the subject of a series of conveyances dating between 1736 and 1794, (fn. 175) and from 1760 to 1768 it appears as divided into three parts. The local poet, John Jordan, describes his patron, John Lloyd of Snitterfield, as 'proprietor of the estate at Welcombe' at the time of his death in 1777. (fn. 176) His son George Lloyd, who lived at Welcombe House and is several times referred to as lord of the manor, (fn. 177) died in 1831. (fn. 178) From his son, John Gamaliel Lloyd, the estate had passed by 1842 (fn. 179) to Mark Philips, a Manchester cotton manufacturer, who died in 1873 and is commemorated by the Obelisk, a prominent landmark on the Welcombe Hills, erected by his brother and heir, Robert Needham Philips in 1876. The marriage of Robert's daughter Caroline brought Welcombe, with Snitterfield and Wolverton (q.v.) to the Trevelyans. The present Welcombe House, built by Mark Philips in 1869, was bought by the L.M.S. Railway Co. in 1931 and is now a hotel.

From https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol3/pp258-266

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