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Beaufort Place, TEWKESBURY, GL20 5HW

On or very close to the site of the Battle of Tewkesbury 1471. Originally built in 1438.

Where, on the night of the 3rd of May 1471, Margaret (Henry VI's Queen) camped with her troops before the Battle of Tewkesbury.

This area of the Gastons has been developed somewhat over the latter part of the twentieth century. The core of the earthworks remain open to the public, however. For the time being at least!

Houses with M=mansard roofs on York Road.

This view shows the slightly warped appearance of the front elevation of this fine old manor house, now a pub and restaurant. For a lot more information about this building see Image]

Gupshill Manor is a pub and restaurant on Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury just north of its junction with the A38. It is very close to the site of the Battle of Tewkesbury (4th May 1471) and it is reputed that Queen Margaret slept here on the eve of the battle. Margaret of Anjou was the redoubtable wife of Henry VI and effectively ruled the country for much of the time due to his enfeebled mental condition. The Battle of Tewkesbury however marked the nadir of her life. Her Lancastrian forces (which she had led into battle herself) were defeated by the Yorkists commanded by Edward IV and his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III). Her son, Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, who was the heir to the Lancastrian dynasty was either killed in the battle or executed soon after. Margaret was captured and imprisoned as was her husband Henry VI, who died soon later - almost certainly dispatched on the orders of the victorious Edward IV. If Margaret did indeed stay here, then it is obvious that it existed in the C15th (reputedly from 1438) although most of the original parts of the building now date from the C16th and C17th with a major restoration in 1707. It has also been extended greatly to the rear. Now a pub and restaurant, which though prominently displaying Greene King signs, is I think an independent establishment. We had a good value meal there, although I believe that they could make a lot more of the history of this fine old building, especially in the decor and fittings, at least in the older part of the building. EH Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1201237 (Note that EH refers to this building as Gubshill Manor (with a B not a P), and see this extract from the VCH http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol8/pp131-137#p8 where it is also so called. Own website http://gupshillmanor.com/home/4577039708 See also Image]

This authentic (and characteristically uneven) inn on the Gloucester Road is dated to 1431, which is handily a mere forty years before the battle. It is not known what role it played in it, but it would have been in sight of much of the bloodshed. Gupshill Manor actually sits on the site of a previous building - Globes Hall. The Manor has suffered two big fires in its history: the second on the early 1900s destroyed half of the buildings, leaving what we see today. But in the 1950s the Manor became a public house.

Public house on the southern side of Tewkesbury, viewed in the eerie light of ex-hurricane "Ophelia".

Margaret's Camp at Gupshill, this is the site of a former moated manor house and was probably already gone at the time of the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

Margaret's Camp at Gupshill, this is the site of a former moated manor house and was probably already gone at the time of the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.