Welcombe Hotel occupies a 19th century former country mansion house near Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire which was previously known as Welcombe House. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Welcombe, which was part of the Manor of Old Stratford, was granted by the Bishop of Worcester in 1537 to John Combe. In 1663 William Combe settled the estate and manor house on his grandson Sir Combe Wagstaffe.
In about 1775 the estate was acquired by John Lloyd of Snitterfield. Both his son George 1806 and his grandson John Gameliel Lloyd 1832 served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire.
The estate was bought in about 1835 by Mark Philips, a wealthy Manchester Cotton Manufacturer and Member of Parliament (MP). In about 1866 he commissioned Thomas Newby to build a new mansion house in a Neo Jacobean style to designs by architect Henry Clutton. Philips was High Sheriff in 1851. On his death his brother Robert Needham Philips inherited the estate of almost 3,400 acres (14 km2). On Robert's death in 1890, the property was inherited by Robert's daughter Caroline,[1] who married Sir George Otto Trevelyan.[1] Their third son George Macaulay Trevelyan was born at Welcombe House in 1876. George Otto Trevelyan died in 1928 aged 90. George Macaulay Trevelyan died in Cambridge in 1962 aged 86 (Source The Times, Monday, Jul 23, 1962; pg. 18; Issue 55450)
At some stage (date needs to be confirmed) and the house was sold to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and was converted to a hotel.
Menzies Hotel Spa and Golf Club now occupy an estate of 157 acres (0.64 km2).