English Heritage sites near Warkton Parish
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
1 miles from Warkton Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
4 miles from Warkton Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
KIRBY HALL
7 miles from Warkton Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
CHICHELE COLLEGE
8 miles from Warkton Parish
The gatehouse, chapel and other remains of a communal residence for priests serving the parish church, founded by locally-born Archbishop Chichele before 1425. Regularly used for events, and art and heritage exhibitions.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
10 miles from Warkton Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
APETHORPE PALACE
12 miles from Warkton Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
Churches in Warkton Parish
St Edmund
off Pipe Lane
Warkton
Kettering
(01536) 414052
Benefice of St Botolph, Barton Seagrave and St Edmund, Warkton
Some parts are Norman.
Houses the Montagu Monuments in the Chancel
No churches found in Warkton Parish