Tysoe Manor is a listed manor house in the Cotswolds.
Tysoe Manor is steeped in history and is a house that has evolved over the centuries. The earliest part of the house was built in the 14th century as a hunting lodge by the De Stafford family, who came to England with William The Conqueror. The house was later given to Will Compton, one of whose descendants became Marquis of Northampton and who during the reign of Elizabeth I built the nearby Compton Wynyates House, still the seat of the current Marquis.
During the Civil War, Tysoe Manor was taken over by the Parliamentarians, but reverted to the Comptons when Charles II became King in 1660. The middle section of the house was then added in about 1670 with the next section being built in around 1720. The Compton family sold Tysoe Manor after World War I and between the two World Wars, the entire East wing was added. Records show that the house used to be moated and that repairs were carried out to the moat in 1472/73.
The house contains many traditional features, including mediaeval windows, oak studded doors, fireplaces and impressive staircases. It is surrounded by its own gardens and grounds and well protected from the nearby village. The gardens have a wide variety of trees and shrubs and beyond the gardens to the north and east are areas of open grassland planted with specimen trees.
Tysoe Manor was recently sympathetically and comprehensively restored by the current owners and offers the comforts of modern living in a beautiful historical setting.