The manor is of medieval origin and has a central block and cross-wings at the northeast and southwest ends. It was probably built in the early 12th c.
[Shobdon Court is of the early 18th c. However, house #7 in RCHME Heref 3: 180-1, 1050 yards S of the Church of St John the Evangelist is perhaps of medieval original with central block & cross-wings at NE & SW ends; existing features are of late 16th--early 17th c. The central block & SW wing heightened in the 18th c.]
The manor is no longer in existence.
The manor orginally belonged to the Abbey of Wigmore who held it during the reigns of both King Edward II and King Edward III.
It was part of the borderland between England and Wales and was built after the Norman Conquest in order to consolidate Norman control.
Shobdon, mentioned in the Domesday Survey for Herefordshire, was an important estate, at one time belonging to Queen Edith. Eventually it passed into the hands of Ralph de Mortimer who was a powerful Norman lord with a base at nearby Wigmore.
ca. 1540 Sir James Croft acquires Shobdon via marriage to Alice, widow of William Wigmore of Shobdon.
1705 Shobdon Manor acquired by Sir James Bateman.
