Ribbesford House is a historic English mansion in Ribbesford, near Bewdley, Worcestershire. The house and its surrounding estate have a history dating back nearly a thousand years. The current house is a Grade II* listed building which has architectural elements ranging from the 16th to the 19th century.
Ribbesford House, early 20th century
Ribbesford House c.1915
An illustration of Ribbesford House taken from 'Ribbesford and Other Poems' by George Griffith (1868)
Bewdley is a town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District in Worcestershire, England on the banks of the River Severn. It is in the Severn Valley, and is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Kidderminster, 10 miles (16 km) North of Worcester and 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Birmingham. It lies on the River Severn, at the gateway of the Wyre Forest national nature reserve, and at the time of the 2011 census had a population of 9,470. Bewdley is a popular tourist destination and is known for the Bewdley Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, and the well preserved Georgian riverside.
The River Severn at Bewdley
Bewdley from the racks, 2019
Bewdley Guildhall
Bewdley Bridge and Severn Side South, 2003