Doughton Manor and Tetbury

Enjoy exclusive tours of Elizabethan Doughton Manor and a guided walk around the beautiful Cotswolds wool town of Tetbury.

Discover one of the Cotswolds’ least altered Elizabethan manors, Grade I Doughton Manor. Having only been restored or developed a handful of times in the last 400 years, it retains many original features including wood panelled rooms, historic fireplaces and original doors and windows. Alongside the manor there are three walled gardens, stables and a large barn. 

Doughton Manor

The early history of the manor is unclear; however the land was leased by John Seed the Elder (a Tetbury burgher) in 1567 and it is thought possible that the house was in existence by the late 16th century. Richard Talboys - one of the original Feoffees of Tetbury - made the manor his home in the 1630s having been brought to Tetbury by the wool trade. He completed major work on the manor in 1641 and the house stayed in the Talboys family until it was sold in 1819 to the owner of neighbouring Highgrove. The next significant work did not take place until the 1930s when the then owner Col. Frank Mitchel employed Norman Jewson, a prominent Cotswold architect known for his craftsmanship, to repair the house. Nearly 100 years on and the latest phase of sensitive repair and restoration is currently underway combining traditional building materials and techniques with modern air source heat pump technologies. 

The Market House Tetbury by Paul Best, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>;, via Wikimedia Commons

Later discover the unspoilt Cotswolds town of Tetbury with a guided walk that will include stops at the Grade I Market House, built in 1655, the Chipping Steps, formerly an entrance to the town alongside an attractive row of weavers’ cottages, the Goods Shed that has been converted into an arts centre and the many beautiful inns and hotels including the Close Hotel and the Snooty Fox. Our town tour will conclude with a visit to the Grade I Georgian Gothic Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin.

Tickets £75 including a two-course pub lunch at the Royal Oak Inn, Tetbury. Lunch options to be made available to attendees in June 2026