Kemerton Court

Kemerton Court
Kemerton Court: baroque west façade
General information
Type	Country house
Architectural style	English Baroque
Location	Kemerton, Worcestershire
Town or city	Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	52°01′43″N 2°04′54″W / 52.028600°N 2.081800°W / 52.028600; -2.081800
Construction started	Late 16th century
Completed	Early 18th century
Owner	Adrian Darby
Technical details
Material	Cotswold stone
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated	30 July 1959
Reference no.	1349953

Kemerton Court is the principal manor house of the village of Kemerton, near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.

The house is built of local Cotswold stone, dating from the late 16th century onwards. In the early 18th century a 9-bay baroque façade of some elegance was added by the squire, John Parsons III (1649–1722). Thomas White of Worcester and the Smiths of Warwick have been variously suggested as the architects. It is a Grade II* listed building.^[1]

Kemerton Court is set in parkland and is surrounded by a farming estate of around 1,300 acres (5.3 km²). It is owned by conservationist Adrian Darby, president of Plantlife and former chairman of the RSPB. He is married to Lady Meriel Darby, daughter of the former Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home, who was a frequent visitor to the Court.