Mottistone Manor
{{Short description|National trust-owned house and gardens in Mottistone, Isle of Wight, England}}
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File:Mottistone Manor and Garden, Isle of Wight - geograph.org.uk - 677455.jpgMottistone Manor is a National Trust property in the village of Mottistone on the Isle of Wight, England. It has popular gardens and is a listed building. It was first mentioned in documents related to the Domesday Book of 1086.National Trust Guidebook
History
The oldest parts of the manor, the south-east wing, date from the fifteenth or early sixteenth century. The north-west wing was added or remodelled by Thomas Cheke in 1567, and additions to the south-east wing were made in the early seventeenth century. The whole house was remodelled in the 1920s by the architects Seely & Paget, John Seely (later 2nd Baron Mottistone; 1899–1963) of the firm being a great-grandson of industrialist and politician Charles Seely, who had bought the house and estate in 1861.{{NHLE |num=1209289 |accessdate=6 July 2011}}
Though not open to the public, except on one day per year, the manor has hosted gatherings for the Seely family. The great-great granddaughter of General J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, the theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter, held her wedding reception here with Benedict Cumberbatch on 14 February 2015.{{cite web|title=Sophie Hunter is Bringin an Unusual Show in Northern Ireland|url=http://sophiehunter.net/post/125274344345/sophie-hunter-is-bringing-an-unusual-show-to-an#gsc.tab=0|website=The Journal}}{{cite web|last1=Nightingale|first1=Benedict|title=What Sophie Hunter Did Last Week|url=http://sophiehunter.net/post/125797832820/what-sophie-hunter-aka-mrs-cumberbatch-did|website=The Times}}
Gallery
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File:Mottistone Manor, Isle of Wight, England.jpg|Mottistone Manor and Garden
File:Mottistone Manor - geograph.org.uk - 1050729.jpg|Mottistone Manor and Garden
File:Mottistone Manor - geograph.org.uk - 62535.jpg|Mottistone Manor and Garden
File:Mottistone Manor Garden, Isle of Wight - geograph.org.uk - 57709.jpg|Mottistone Manor and Garden
File:Mottistone Manor Garden, Isle of Wight - geograph.org.uk - 1366310.jpg|Mottistone Manor and Garden
File:Mottistone Manor Garden, Isle of Wight - geograph.org.uk - 1366298.jpg|Mottistone Manor and Garden
File:Mottistone Manor - geograph.org.uk - 1023261.jpg|Mottistone Manor
File:Mottistone Churchyard and Manor - geograph.org.uk - 396839.jpg|Mottistone Manor and the adjacent St. Peter and St. Paul's Church
File:The Shack Mottistone Manor Gardens - geograph.org.uk - 1502542.jpg|The Shack at Mottistone Garden
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Category:Gardens on the Isle of Wight
Category:National Trust properties on the Isle of Wight
Category:Grade II* listed buildings on the Isle of Wight
Category:Grade II* listed houses