Withcote
| Withcote | |
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  Withcote Withcote shown within Leicestershire | |
| Civil parish |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Oakham |
| Postcode district | LE15 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Withcote is a small parish comprising a number of scattered dwellings in Harborough, a local government district of Leicestershire. The population is included in the civil parish of Braunston-in-Rutland.
Buildings
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
- Henry Smith (1620–1668) was born here, an English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I.[6]
References
- ↑ Good Stuff. "Withcote Hall - Withcote - Leicestershire - England | British Listed Buildings". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/heritage-at-risk-register-east-midlands-region/hareastmidlandsacc.pdf
- ↑ Withcote Chapel, VisitChuches.org, accessed March 2009
- ↑ http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/1782.html The Gatehouse gazetteer of medieval fortifications in England and Wales
- ↑ Historic England. "Sauvey Castle (321118)". PastScape. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ↑ Biography of Henry Smith, regicide British Civil Wars website
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