Mottistone Manor
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Mottistone Manor is a National Trust
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...

  property in the village of Mottistone
Mottistone
Mottistone is a village on the Isle of Wight, it is located in the popular tourist area the Back of the Wight. It is located 8 Miles southwest of Newport in the southwest of the island. It is home to the National Trust's Mottistone Manor.-History:...

 on the Isle of Wight. It has popular gardens and is a listed building.

It was first mentioned in documents related to the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

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The oldest parts of the manor, the south-east wing, dates from the fifteenth or early sixteenth century. The north-west wing was added or remodelled by Thomas Cheke in 1567, and additions to the south-east wing were made in the early seventeenth century. The whole house was remodelled in the 1920 by the architects Seely and Paget, John Seely of the firm being the grandson of Charles Seely, who had bought the house and estate in 1861.
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