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on 9 July 1991. By the 1990s, however, it had become derelict, and suffered a large fire in 1991. It was thereafter restored to its original style and extended at a reputed cost of £20 million. In June 2001 it reopened as a hotel operated by Principal Hotel Company and is now operated by
252:. The arboretum once surrounded the property and continues to be maintained and supported. Accessible by a public footpath, it is now divided between the hotel grounds, the grounds of Leyhill Prison, the Dell which is privately owned and managed as a community woodland by 191:
the mansion became a naval training base for coding and signals, under the name of HMS Cabbala, and a mast was erected in the high reception hall. After the war, the buildings constructed for the hospital and, for a time the house itself, became
236:, who began planting upon inheriting the property from his father in 1853 and continued until his death in 1921. The collection has fine examples of 533: 64: 583: 105: 622: 233: 177: 157: 330: 256:, and private land still owned and farmed by the Ducie family. Rivalling at the time the collection of George Holford at nearby 632: 485: 637: 642: 335: 428: 563: 145: 44: 507: 402: 647: 627: 295: 529: 380: 209: 173: 153: 220: 260:, it still contains, despite the ravages of time, more than 300 specimens, including unusual and 134: 272: 181: 149: 257: 8: 450: 357: 486:"Monumental trees in the Dell, Tortworth Court in Tortworth, England, United Kingdom" 193: 326: 204: 200: 161: 48: 268: 616: 598: 585: 79: 66: 570: 424: 261: 237: 188: 196:. Tortworth Court was then used as a training school for prison officers. 30: 398: 241: 229: 141: 575: 253: 137: 52: 558: 249: 245: 228:
Tortworth Court is especially notable for its extensive
325: 614: 508:"Discover the story of De Vere Tortworth Court" 290: 288: 271:steam locomotive No. 2955 operated by the 29: 180:between 1848 and 1853. Its architect was 18:Historic site in Gloucestershire, England 285: 219: 321: 319: 317: 112: 615: 378: 314: 536:from the original on 22 August 2016 431:from the original on 31 August 2018 405:from the original on 3 October 2017 296:"Leyhill Officers' Training School" 13: 530:"British Railway Steam Locomotive" 379:Weaver, Jeff (24 September 2007). 336:National Heritage List for England 300:National Heritage List for England 14: 659: 623:Country houses in Gloucestershire 552: 475:, Winter 2009, Issue 78, pp 47-49 267:Tortworth Court gave its name to 557: 111: 104: 522: 500: 473:The National Arboretum Magazine 478: 465: 443: 417: 391: 372: 350: 264:and many fine specimen trees. 199:The property was designated a 1: 278: 35:Front view of Tortworth Court 633:Botanical gardens in England 401:. Tortworth Estate Company. 215: 7: 576:Tortworth Forest Centre CIC 510:. AI Global. 30 August 2019 427:. Tortworth Forest Centre. 331:"Tortworth Court (1000394)" 254:Tortworth Forest Centre CIC 152:. England. It was built in 120:Location in Gloucestershire 10: 664: 638:Gardens in Gloucestershire 172:The mansion was built, in 167: 643:Hotels in Gloucestershire 224:Tortworth Court, entrance 99: 95: 58: 40: 28: 23: 571:De Vere Tortworth Estate 80:51.6308000°N 2.4386194°W 453:. Parks and Gardens UK 225: 85:51.6308000; -2.4386194 566:at Wikimedia Commons 425:"About the Arboretum" 381:"New owners at hotel" 273:Great Western Railway 234:the 3rd Earl of Ducie 223: 182:Samuel Sanders Teulon 150:South Gloucestershire 648:Country house hotels 599:51.63080°N 2.43862°W 258:Westonbirt Arboretum 160:. It is a Grade II* 628:Arboreta in England 595: /  329:(2 November 2013). 76: /  604:51.63080; -2.43862 488:. Monumental Trees 302:. 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Thornbury
Gloucestershire
England
51°37′50.88″N 02°26′19.03″W / 51.6308000°N 2.4386194°W / 51.6308000; -2.4386194
Tortworth Court is located in Gloucestershire
Victorian
mansion
Tortworth
Thornbury
South Gloucestershire
Tudor
2nd Earl of Ducie
listed building
Tudor
2nd Earl of Ducie
Samuel Sanders Teulon
World War II
HM Prison Leyhill
Grade II* listed
English Heritage
De Vere

arboretum
the 3rd Earl of Ducie
rhododendron
conifer
oak
maple
Tortworth Forest Centre CIC

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