Kentchurch Court

Almost 1,000 years of history began in 1042 when our ancestor, stonemason Ralph Scudamore, first arrived from Normandy to build a castle in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, for Edward the Confessor. Built to defend the English border from the Welsh, the castle was only the beginning of our family’s famous legacy as nearby land began to form the very early foundations of Kentchurch Estate.

Our rich family history weaves itself through Kentchurch’s timeline with many famous connections such as Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill and George Bernard Shaw. Since the creation of Kentchurch Court in the 14th Century, tales of rebellion, harboured fugitives, and a devastating flood all follow the generations of Scudamores to those of us who still call the estate home today.