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Icomb Place (pronounced "Ickum") is a medieval manor house
Manor house

A manor house or fortified manor-house is a country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor , the lowest unit of territorial organization in the feudal system....
 on the edge of the village of Icomb
Icomb

Icomb is a quiet Cotswold village close to Stow on the Wold, with typical Cotswold stone cottages, and the parish church of St Mary the Virgin which was built in the mid 13th century....
, near Stow on the Wold in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
.

The word "Place" in this context is thought to be a precursor of the word "Palace".

Description
Mentioned in the Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book

Domesday Book usually refers to the Domesday Book, record of the great survey of England completed in 1086may refer to:* BBC Domesday Project...
, the present house dates from three distinct periods. The oldest parts of the present house date from c. 1230 and include the chapel
Chapel

A chapel is a building used as a place for fellowship and of worship for Christians. It may be attached to an institution such as a large Church , a college, a hospital, a palace, a prison or a cemetery, or may be an entirely free-standing building, sometimes with its own grounds....
 and solar
Solar (room)

The solar was a room in many England and French medieval manor house, great houses and castles. In such houses, the main room was known as the Great hall, in which all parts of the household would eat and live, with those of highest status being at the end, often on a raised dais, and those of lesser status further down the hall....
 (with barrel vaulted timber roof) and undercroft
Undercroft

An undercroft is traditionally a cellar or storage room, often brick-lined and Vault , and used for storage in buildings since medieval times....
 (northwest wing) and the southeast wing, originally the kitchens and servants quarters.

The front of the house, including the battlemented gateway and the Great Hall
Great hall

A great hall was the main room of a royal palace, a nobleman's castle or a large manor house in the Middle Ages, and in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries....
, both with massive oak timber roof supports, connecting the original 13th century buildings were added by Sir John Blacket (who fought alongside Henry V of England
Henry V of England

Henry V was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century. He was born at Monmouth, Wales, in the tower above the gatehouse of Monmouth Castle, and reigned as King of England from 1413 to 1422....
 at the Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Agincourt

The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory against a much larger French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday 25 October 1415 ...
), c. 1420.






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Icomb Place (pronounced "Ickum") is a medieval manor house
Manor house

A manor house or fortified manor-house is a country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor , the lowest unit of territorial organization in the feudal system....
 on the edge of the village of Icomb
Icomb

Icomb is a quiet Cotswold village close to Stow on the Wold, with typical Cotswold stone cottages, and the parish church of St Mary the Virgin which was built in the mid 13th century....
, near Stow on the Wold in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
.

The word "Place" in this context is thought to be a precursor of the word "Palace".

Description


Mentioned in the Doomsday Book
Doomsday Book

Domesday Book usually refers to the Domesday Book, record of the great survey of England completed in 1086may refer to:* BBC Domesday Project...
, the present house dates from three distinct periods. The oldest parts of the present house date from c. 1230 and include the chapel
Chapel

A chapel is a building used as a place for fellowship and of worship for Christians. It may be attached to an institution such as a large Church , a college, a hospital, a palace, a prison or a cemetery, or may be an entirely free-standing building, sometimes with its own grounds....
 and solar
Solar (room)

The solar was a room in many England and French medieval manor house, great houses and castles. In such houses, the main room was known as the Great hall, in which all parts of the household would eat and live, with those of highest status being at the end, often on a raised dais, and those of lesser status further down the hall....
 (with barrel vaulted timber roof) and undercroft
Undercroft

An undercroft is traditionally a cellar or storage room, often brick-lined and Vault , and used for storage in buildings since medieval times....
 (northwest wing) and the southeast wing, originally the kitchens and servants quarters.

The front of the house, including the battlemented gateway and the Great Hall
Great hall

A great hall was the main room of a royal palace, a nobleman's castle or a large manor house in the Middle Ages, and in the country houses of the 16th and early 17th centuries....
, both with massive oak timber roof supports, connecting the original 13th century buildings were added by Sir John Blacket (who fought alongside Henry V of England
Henry V of England

Henry V was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century. He was born at Monmouth, Wales, in the tower above the gatehouse of Monmouth Castle, and reigned as King of England from 1413 to 1422....
 at the Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Agincourt

The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory against a much larger French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday 25 October 1415 ...
), c. 1420. At this point the house had two courtyards.

After a period of dereliction during the 18th and 19th centuries the house was restored at the beginning of the 20th century and the rear wing and courtyard demolished. At the same time as the restoration, an arboretum
Arboretum

An arboretum is a collection of trees. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study....
 was laid out in the grounds contains plants from around the globe.

The house is unusual in that right angles seem to have been avoided in its construction. The house is a Grade I listed building
Listed building

A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance....
.