Withcote

Withcote
Withcote
 Withcote shown within Leicestershire
Civil parishWithcote
Shire countyLeicestershire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Oakham
Postcode district LE15
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentHarborough
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Coordinates: 52°38′39″N 0°49′35″W / 52.644125°N 0.82647°W / 52.644125; -0.82647

Withcote is a small parish comprising a number of scattered dwellings in Harborough /ˈhɑːrbrə/, a local government district of Leicestershire. The population is included in the civil parish of Braunston-in-Rutland.

Buildings

The Hall
The chapel

Withcote Hall is a Grade II* listed building[1] that is on English Heritage's Heritage at Risk register.[2] It is an early C18 country house, incorporating an earlier building.

The Tudor Withcote Chapel adjoins the Hall and is protected by the Churches Conservation Trust[3] and contains some stained glass attributed to Galeon Hone; a glazier to Henry VIII.

Sauvey Castle,[4] an early medieval ringwork and bailey castle and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, is also in this parish.[5]

Close by is Launde Abbey which contains the Tudor monument to Gregory Cromwell, son of Thomas, who dissolved the monastery and built himself a mansion there.

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ Good Stuff. "Withcote Hall - Withcote - Leicestershire - England | British Listed Buildings". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/heritage-at-risk-register-east-midlands-region/hareastmidlandsacc.pdf
  3. ↑ Withcote Chapel, VisitChuches.org, accessed March 2009
  4. ↑ http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/1782.html The Gatehouse gazateer of medieval fortifications in England and Wales
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Sauvey Castle (321118)". PastScape. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  6. ↑ Biography of Henry Smith, regicide British Civil Wars website

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