Parks and Gardens UK

The site has been the home of the Roberts family since the 12th century. The original house of that period was replaced by a moated 15th -century mansion. There have been considerable additions and alterations since.

Salvin (1877-9) drastically remodelled parts of the house, and some fifty years ago the then-owner Colonel Roberts pulled down two wings and replaced a new wing on one side. Further renovation took place in the 1950s, including the remodelling of the Victorian Tower in 1958.

The parkland has been created since the 15th century with a lower lake fed from the moat. The Roberts family sold Glassenbury in the early 1980s.

Site timeline

1987: The October 1987 storm felled 600 trees and damaged others, causing considerable exposure of the house.

People associated with this site

Architect: Anthony Salvin (born 1799 died 1881)

Features

lake

The a lower lake is fed from the moat.

moat

pedestal

A plain stone pedestal in the grounds apparently marks the grave of Napoleon Bonaparte’s war horse Jaffa.