Boscobel House

E503585
historic house hunting lodge tourist attraction

Boscobel House is a historic 17th-century hunting lodge in Shropshire, England, best known as the hiding place of King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Boscobel House canonical 1
Boscobel House and Gardens 1
Boscobel Wood 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic house ⓘ
hunting lodge ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle vernacular 17th-century English ⓘ
associatedWith Battle of Worcester NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Charles II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Penderel family NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Oak legend ⓘ
category Historic house museum in Shropshire ⓘ
constructionStartDate circa 1632 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
floorCount 2 ⓘ
governingBody English Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoordinates 52.650N, -2.267W ⓘ
hasFeature interpretive displays about Charles II’s escape ⓘ
replanted Royal Oak NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum yes ⓘ
hasNameOrigin derived from Italian “bosco bello” meaning “beautiful wood” ⓘ
hasPart Royal Oak site ⓘ
attic hiding places ⓘ
chapel ⓘ
farm buildings ⓘ
garden ⓘ
priest hole ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building ⓘ
historicalRole refuge for a fugitive monarch ⓘ
inception 17th century ⓘ
listedBuildingGrade Grade II* ⓘ
locatedIn Boscobel, Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shropshire ⓘ
locatedNear Albrighton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bishops Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ
material timber frame ⓘ
nearbyAttraction White Ladies Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent Charles II’s escape in 1651 ⓘ
notableFor hiding place of King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
originalFunction hunting lodge ⓘ
ownedBy English Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ
region West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
roofMaterial tile ⓘ
timePeriod Stuart period ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
usedAs safe house for Royalists ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Oak (tree associated with King Charles II of England) → locatedIn → Boscobel House ⓘ
Royal Oak (tree associated with King Charles II of England) → relatedPlace → Boscobel House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boscobel Wood
Hamlet of Garrison, New York → hasAttraction → Boscobel House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boscobel House and Gardens