page_title: West Ginge
section_title: Manor
hierarchical_section_title: West Ginge / Manor
caption_attribution_description: English: East Ginge, Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire): aerial view from a microlight
context_page_description: West Ginge is a hamlet within the civil parish of Ardington in the English county of Oxfordshire, 3.9 miles by road to the southeast of Wantage. West Ginge is immediately next to the hamlet of East Ginge, which is contained within the parish of West Hendred. West Ginge is more populous than East Ginge, which is dominated by farm buildings, and the two hamlets are often simply referred to as Ginge.
context_section_description: Ginge Manor or Ginge Manor House is a manor house that became a Grade II listed building on 25 October 1951. It is the family seat of the Viscount Astor and is currently occupied by William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor and his wife Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor, who is the mother of Samantha Cameron, the wife of former British Prime Minister David Cameron.
  The estate includes a "magnificent manor" house and servant quarters, which is a "humble" three bedroom cottage, amongst several other features including several barns and old farm cottages. Several of the barns in the area have been converted into residences. The estate has gardens, an outdoor swimming pool and a tennis court.
  The current manor house dates to the early 17th century, square and is built from red brick, with an early 18th-century cross-wing on the left side and a 20th-century extension on the right wing. The rear has a six-panel door framed with wooden Doric pilasters. The interior features a "dog-leg staircase with barley-sugar twist and fluted balusters, moulded handrail and panelled dado."
caption: Aerial photo of East Ginge
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