English Heritage sites near Barrowden Parish
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
4 miles from Barrowden 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.
KIRBY HALL
5 miles from Barrowden 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'.
APETHORPE PALACE
6 miles from Barrowden 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.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
11 miles from Barrowden 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
12 miles from Barrowden Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
14 miles from Barrowden Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
Churches in Barrowden Parish
St Peter's Barrowden
Church Lane
Barrowden
Uppingham
01780721659
http://www.wellandfosse.org
In Saxon times it is understood that Barrowden was the centre of a "sub-minster". St Peter's,
Grade II*, built of limestone, lies at the end of a lane on the western edge of the village. It has a Romanesque South Doorway with 12th century ironwork on the door. The Nave, South Aisle, Chancel and Chancel North Aisle (now used as a Vestry) are 13th century; the North Arcade and North Aisle were rebuilt in 1875. The west Tower is 14th century with late 15th century broach spire, and has six regularly used bells. Seating in Nave and Aisles totals 170. The Chancel is long and vision of the Altar through the narrow Chancel Arch is restricted. There is a 13th century font, a monument of 1588, a 16th century bench end incorporated into 19th century prayer desk, remnants of the 1605 pulpit made into a bookcase containing 16th century books, six wooden mediaeval angels re-fixed to the renewed Chancel ceiling and a War Memorial altar in the South Aisle. Other fittings are 19th or 20th century. The mediaeval custom of Rush Spreading is kept for the Feast of St Peter and St Paul on 29th June. Heating is oil fired. The fabric is in generally good repair.
Pubs in Barrowden Parish
Exeter Arms
28 Main Street, Barrowden, LE15 8EQ
(01572) 747365
exeterarmsbarrowden.co.uk