{"id":13735,"date":"2021-06-12T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T10:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13735"},"modified":"2021-06-12T10:39:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T10:39:32","slug":"heythrope-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13735","title":{"rendered":"Heythrope Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Heythrop Park<\/strong>&nbsp;is a Grade II listed early 18th-century&nbsp;country house in Oxfordshire and was our base for our stay near the Cotswolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/dsc01355.jpg\" alt=\"Heythrop Park Resort - photo by Juliamaud\" class=\"wp-image-3057\"\/><figcaption>Heythrop Park Resort \u2013 photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was designed by the architect&nbsp;Thomas Archer&nbsp;in the Baroque style for&nbsp;Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury. Unfortunately, a fire in 1831 destroyed the original interior and the house remained derelict until 1870, when it was sold to Thomas Brassey. Brassey commissioned the Gothic Revival architect&nbsp;Alfred Waterhouse&nbsp;to rebuild the interior. Waterhouse, worked in a neo-classical style, making the double-height arcaded hall reminiscent of John Vanbrugh&nbsp;rather than Archer. He also added the stained glass windows, by&nbsp;Morris and Co, depicting&nbsp;Faith, Hope and Charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/img_0721.jpg\" alt=\"Heythrop Park Resort - photo by Juliamaud\" class=\"wp-image-3059\"\/><figcaption>Heythrop Park Resort \u2013 photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The house is now part of the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heythroppark.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heythroppark.co.uk\/\">Heythrop Park Resort\u00a0<\/a>and retains the impressive hall. While it offers 17 original period bedrooms, we were in the modern part of the venue, that offers 4* accommodation, a range of dining rooms and bars, business facilities, a 400-capacity conference theatre and a ballroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/img_0720.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Heythrop Park \u2013 photo by Juliamaud\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><figcaption>Heythrop Park \u2013 photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The resort offers a map of the resort and the resorts grounds, which includes walking routes to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/dsc01365.jpg\" alt=\"Heythrop Park \u2013 photo by Juliamaud\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/dsc01362.jpg\" alt=\"Heythrop Park \u2013 photo by Juliamaud\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/dsc01367.jpg\" alt=\"Heythrop Park \u2013 photo by Juliamaud\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/06\/dsc01359.jpg\" alt=\"Heythrop Park \u2013 photo by Juliamaud\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore \u2013 Discover \u2013 Solve and Have Fun!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><small><em>Be the hero of your own adventure!<\/em><\/small><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cityadventurers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to join&nbsp;City Adventurers&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heythrop Park&nbsp;is a Grade II listed early 18th-century&nbsp;country house in Oxfordshire and was our base for our stay near the Cotswolds. It was designed by the architect&nbsp;Thomas Archer&nbsp;in the Baroque style for&nbsp;Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury. Unfortunately, a fire in 1831 destroyed the original interior and the house remained derelict until 1870, when it &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13735\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Heythrope Park<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,541,2],"tags":[9,1490],"class_list":["post-13735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity","category-history","category-travel","tag-city-adventurers","tag-heythrop-park-resort"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heythrope Park - City Adventurers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13735\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heythrope Park - City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heythrop Park&nbsp;is a Grade II listed early 18th-century&nbsp;country house in Oxfordshire and was our base for our stay near the Cotswolds. 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