NorthCourt Manor bed and breakfast accommodation on the Isle of Wight offers a peaceful country atmosphere in a historic setting.
NorthCourt is a glorious Jacobean manor surrounded by fifteen acres of beautiful gardens, rising from the stream and walled kitchen gardens to the terraced walks, recognised nationally for their historic importance by English Heritage. It is ideal for those seeking a relaxing break in a heritage building surrounded by unspoilt countryside and beautiful coastline.
Elegant rooms include antique furnishings, TVs, and tea and coffeemaking facilities, as well as en suite bathrooms (some with claw-foot tubs).
Complimentary breakfast includes products grown in the garden. The acclaimed terraced gardens also include a stream, stone bridge and rose, walled and sunken gardens. There's a sitting room featuring a wood-burning stove, a hall with a pipe organ from 1798, and a grand piano in the music room. Leisure facilities include snooker, table tennis and lawn tennis.
History
NorthCourt, the largest of the Island’s Jacobean manor houses on the Isle of Wight was built in 1615 on the site of a monastic building, dating back to the 13th century.The present house was built by Sir John Leigh , a deputy governor of the Isle of Wight. It passed through onto to Sir Henry Percy Gordon, who greatly enlarged the estate, with five farms stretching to around 2500 acres. He was the Uncle of Algernon Swinburne, the Victorian poet, who stayed frequently.
One of their daughters, Mary, married a neighbour of their Scottish Estate, General Robert Disney Leith, who later acquired the title of Lord Burgh. John and Christine Harrison bought the house from cousins in 1984 and are restoring the house and gardens, making the gardens of national importance and sharing the house and gardens with guests.
