Phoenix from the Flames
Witley Court was one of the great British country estates. Set in extensive private grounds in rural Worcestershire, just a few miles north of the Malvern Hills, the house would have been alive with music and laughter in its Victorian heyday. But the glamour of those society soirées, once frequented by the Prince of Wales, the later King Edward VII, has long since faded.
Today Witley Court is one of Britain’s most spectacular ruins, the fire-damaged structure an eerie reminder of its former glory. Only the gardens, restored by English Heritage some 20 years ago, still display the vital signs of a quintessential English stately home.
“Witley Court was one of England’s preeminent properties, comparable in its grandeur to Osborne House, the
