Sulgrave Manor
Built in 1539, near the picturesque village of Banbury, England,
Sulgrave Manor is the ancestral home of George Washington.
Due to a very special
relationship between concerned citizens of both Great Britain and the
United States of America, Sulgrave Manor is now a wonderful attraction
and example of a 16th century English manor house and garden. Today when
you tour Sulgrave Manor you see the permanent exhibitions of the life
and work of George Washington and his family. The Manor is open to the
public with educational programs for schoolchildren to see how life was
in early Elizabethan times. The Manor not only has educational programs
for visitors, but many weddings, family parties, and corporate
gatherings take place on the grounds. Please learn more at
www.sulgravemanor.com
regarding hours of operation, admission prices, programs, events, and
more.
It is estimated that the total cost of maintaining
Sulgrave Manor per year could be as much as $400,000. You can see how
important our contributions are to maintain the "perpetual care" of this
beautiful old Manor, which is our oversees treasure.
History
In
January 1914, several public-spirited English men and women honored the
one-hundredth anniversary of the Treaty of Ghent, by voluntarily
acquiring Sulgrave Manor and ten acres of the original property for
consideration of $50,000, and presented it to the Peoples of the United
States and of England as a memorial of their common inheritance. Later, the National Society of the Colonial Dames, Friends of Sulgrave
Manor, committed itself to the task of conducting an educational
campaign throughout the United States for the purpose of raising the
money necessary for repairs and maintenance. The task of the Society has
also been one of educating Americans concerning Sulgrave Manor, and its
place in history as the ancestral home of the Washington family.
John Washington left Sulgrave in 1656 to go to the unpredictable
wilderness of North America.
Today
Sulgrave Manor, which stands as a fully-restored Tudor-era beacon in the
English countryside, continues to welcome guests, and receives visits
from more than 11,000 school children each year. When we Americans
think of our First U.S. President, we must not stop with Mount Vernon and his Virginia roots, but rather we must dig deeper into the past
generations, who lived at Sulgrave Manor, and discover the sources of the
values, dignity and spirit that made George Washington one of our most
revered Americans.
Please see additional historical
information.
