HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 6 - 9 and 13 - 16 September 2018 - Warwick District Council
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HERITAGE OPEN DAYS
6 - 9 and 13 - 16 September 2018
www.warwickdc.gov.uk
CONTENTS
ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA 17 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum
6 All Saints’ Parish Church & St John’s Museum
6 Brunswick Street Cemetery: Leamington 18 St Mary Immaculate RC Church
History Group guided walk 18 St Mary’s Church, Bell Ringing Chamber
7 Foundry Wood 18 St Nicholas Church
7 Holy Trinity Church 19 St Paul’s Church
7 Leamington Real Tennis Club 19 Warwick Walk
8 Leamington Society guided walk - Leamington 19 The Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum
Spa’s History in buildings and characters
8 Leamington Society guided walk - Pump Room KENILWORTH
Gardens and Jephson Gardens 21 Kenilworth Abbey ‘Barn’ Museum and
8 New Street Burial Ground Heritage Centre
9 St Mark’s Church 21 Kenilworth Abbey Ruins, guided tour
9 Polish Centre 21 St Barnabas Church
10 Leamington Spa Station and Garden 22 St Nicholas Church
10 St Mary’s Church 22 World War One Walk, Kenilworth
11 Tours of the Leamington Spa Art Gallery
and Museum RURAL AREAS
11 South Lodge, Jephson Gardens 24 All Saints’ Church, Ladbroke
24 All Saints’ Church, Sherbourne
25 Baddesley Clinton House
WARWICK 25 Bagot’s Castle
13 Alderson House 25 Chesterton Windmill
13 The Court House 26 Packwood House
13 Guy’s Cliffe Ruin and Chapel 26 St Anne’s Catholic Church, Wappenbury
14 Heritage and Culture Warwickshire: Behind the 27 St Chad’s Church, Bishop’s Tachbrook
scenes at the archives
27 St John the Baptist Church, Baginton
14 Guy’s Cliffe Walled Garden
28 St John the Baptist Church, Wasperton
15 Heritage and Culture Warwickshire: Behind the
scenes at our museum stores 28 St Margaret’s Church, Hunningham
15 Hill Close Gardens 28 St Mary’s Church, Cubbington
16 King’s High School, Landor House 29 St Peter’s Church, Barford
16 Lord Leycester Hospital 29 Stoneleigh Church
17 Old Shire Hall and Judges’ House Visit www.heritageopendays.org.uk for updates
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WELCOME
A very warm welcome to Warwick district’s annual Heritage Open Days. We are proud
to be part of England’s biggest and best heritage festival involving over 40,000
volunteers and 5000 events.
This year’s event is taking place over two weekends, giving you twice as much time to visit
buildings, gardens and places of historic interest not normally open to the public, free of charge.
There are a total of 50 venues for you to visit and explore and it would be great if you could
share your photos with us via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #DiscoverHODWarwick
I would like to give my thanks to the many volunteers who have kindly given up their time to
organise all the activities taking place this year.
I hope you have a wonderful time.
Councillor Stephen Cross, Chairman Warwick District Council
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EXPLORE
With so many venues to explore we’ve
created a key guide so you can see what
facilities each venue has to offer.
Family friendly Guided tours
Refreshments Wheelchair access
Churches Temples
Guided walks Storytelling
Talks Lifts
Gardens & parks Period buildings
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ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA
During this year’s Heritage Open Days why not take the opportunity to take a closer look at
some of Leamington’s magnificent churches with their beautiful stained glass, there will be
volunteers on hand to show you around. There’s also a chance to find out more about the
town’s history with a number of guided walks around the parks, buildings and cemeteries,
or take a fascinating tour of the Royal Pump Rooms or the world’s oldest Real Tennis Club.
Once you are finished there should still be time for some shopping and
well-earned refreshments in one of Leamington’s amazing cafes or restaurants.
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ALL SAINTS’ PARISH CHURCH BRUNSWICK STREET CEMETERY:
LEAMINGTON HISTORY
Thursday 6,13 and Friday 7,14 | 10.30am - 2pm GROUP GUIDED WALK
Saturday 8, 15 | 10.30am - 12.30pm
Sunday 9, 16 | 12 noon - 1pm Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 | 2.30pm
Parish Communion | Sundays 10.30am Leamington Spa Cemetery, Brunswick Street, CV31 2DS
Victoria Terrace, CV31 1AA Meet the guide at the middle entrance to
the cemetery
Large, beautifully decorated, Victorian parish church.
All Saints’ has a strong musical tradition.You might like A fascinating guided walk around Brunswick
to join us for one of our choral services on Sundays. Street Cemetery taking in some of the most
notable Leamington ‘residents’ and their tombs.
Refreshments Thurs, Fri, Sat.
Please note there is no parking in the
cemetery or on the verge outside.
Walk duration approximately 90 minutes.
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FOUNDRY WOOD HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 | 10am - 5pm Friday 7 and Saturday 8 | 10am - 4pm
Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 | 10am - 5pm Saturday 15 | 10am - 12 noon
Sunday 16 | 11am - 3pm 9 Beauchamp Avenue, CV32 5RE
Princes Drive, CV32 6AF
Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building which was
Come and learn about the history of Foundry Wood. originally built as a proprietary chapel in 1847. It
became a parish church in 1899 and, with the addition
On Sunday 16 September representatives from of a nave, took its present form in 1914. It has a
the Friends of Foundry Wood will be on site in Daniel Cottier Arts and Crafts stained glass window,
the renovated Railway Goods wagon to explain among others, and Italian mosaics on the chancel floor.
about the history of the site including links
with the Railways, Foundries and the recent
conversion into a community woodland.
Drop in anytime for a chat and then enjoy a
walk around the woods at your own leisure.
LEAMINGTON REAL TENNIS CLUB
Friday 7 | 11am - 2pm
The Tennis Court Club, 50 Bedford Street, CV32 5DT
Enjoy a tour of the world’s oldest real tennis
club with real tennis court, in this fine
example of Victorian architecture built in
1846-7 by Jackson of Leamington Spa.
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LEAMINGTON SOCIETY GUIDED LEAMINGTON SOCIETY
WALK: LEAMINGTON SPA’S HISTORY GUIDED WALK:
IN BUILDINGS AND CHARACTERS PUMP ROOM GARDENS AND
JEPHSON GARDENS
Sunday 16 | 2.30pm
Parade, CV32 4AA Thursday 13 September | 2pm
Meet by the Jephson Garden gates Parade, CV32 4AA
opposite the Pump Rooms Meet outside Leamington Spa Art
Gallery, Library and Museum
A guided walk around the historic centre of
Leamington noting the buildings of importance, The Pump Room Gardens and Jephson Gardens are
with stories of those who contributed to very special places in Leamington. Come and learn
Leamington’s growth and charm. about the Pump Room Gardens project now underway.
Then take a tour of Jephson Gardens learning about its
Approximately 90 minutes in length. history and identifying some of its interesting trees.
Suitable for mobility scooters.
The walk will last about 1 hour and is suitable for
mobility scooters.
NEW STREET BURIAL GROUND
Thursday 6 and 13 | 2pm - 4pm
New Street, CV31 1HT
Volunteers have been tidying and gardening
the burial ground for the past 18 months.
They meet every Thursday afternoon from 2 - 4pm
and always welcome new helpers! Come along to
one of their sessions to find out more about the
history of the site - or visit in your own time to
enjoy the peace here.
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POLISH CENTRE
Saturday 8 and Sunday 16 | 2pm - 4pm
54 High Street, CV31 1LW
Step inside Leamington Spa’s first town hall
built in 1830 in a striking classical style.
The building has been used as a Police
Station and has for the past 50 years served
as a centre for the Polish community.
ST MARK’S CHURCH
Thursday 6 | 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm
Friday 7 | 2pm - 4pm
Saturday 8, Tower Tours | 2pm - 4pm
Saturday 15 | 11am - 4pm
Sunday 16 | 2pm - 4pm
Rugby Road, CV32 5RE
A rare example of a George Gilbert-Scott Jnr. Church
with a wealth of stained glass, including Kempe
and a William Hill organ. There are refreshments,
guides, local history pictures and a children’s trail.
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LEAMINGTON SPA STATION GARDEN ST MARY’S CHURCH
Saturday 8 and Sunday 16 | 2pm Thursday 6, 13 and Friday 7, 14 | 9am - 4.30pm
Old Warwick Road, CV31 3NS St Mary’s Road, CV31 1JN
Meet approximately 10 metres to the right
of the station entrance as you face it. Designed in 1838-39 by J G Jackson and constructed
almost entirely in a stucco finish, including the tower.
There are guided tours lasting about an hour of this Explore the fascinating interior including a gallery
Grade II listed Great Western Art Deco station as well and contemporary painted panels by international
as the award winning gardens maintained by the artist Mo Enright, either side of the altar.
Friends of Leamington Station. Afterwards you can
have a cup of tea in the Art Deco refreshment rooms
on Platform 2 or the newly restored one on Platform 3.
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10SOUTH LODGE, JEPHSON GARDENS
Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 | 12.30pm - 4pm
South Lodge, Jephson Gardens, (Parade Entrance),
Parade, CV32 4AA
South Lodge is home to a permanent exhibition in
photographs of the history of Jephson Gardens from
its beginning as an arboretum to its achievement of
Green Flag status. Volunteers from the Leamington
History Group will be on hand to answer questions.
TOURS OF THE LEAMINGTON SPA
ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM
Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 and 13 to Sunday 16
Tours at 10.30am,11.45pm, 1pm and 2.15pm
Royal Pump Rooms, Lower Parade, CV32 4AA
A chance to have a guided historical tour
around the Pump Rooms including the
library, art gallery and Assembly Rooms.
11WARWICK
Even more of Warwick’s historic buildings are opening their doors for Heritage Open
Days this year, with the chance to take a look inside the distintive blue door of Landor
House, before King’s High School moves to its new location. Once again there is the
opportunity to explore a living legacy dating back serveral centuries at the Lord Leycester
Hospital and take a tour of the recently refurbished Old Shire Hall and Judges’ House.
If that’s not enough why not take a guided walk around the town and if
you have time take a tour of the bell chamber high in St Mary’s church
tower, the views of Warwick from the top are truly outstanding!
12ALDERSON HOUSE THE COURT HOUSE
Saturday 8 | 10am - 2pm Saturday 15 | 11am - 4pm
23 High Street, CV34 4AX Jury St, CV34 4EW
Alderson House is the meeting place for the Designed and built by Francis Smith in 1725. The
Freemasons in Warwick. It is a beautiful Court House, Jury Street is nestled in the heart of
post-Fire Georgian building with many original Warwick steps away from Warwick Castle and St.
features and interesting cellars. You will see Mary’s Church. The Court House replaced a medieval
the interior of a Masonic Lodge where we tavern one of the few buildings which survived the
also conduct our wedding ceremonies. Great Fire of Warwick in 1694. The Court House now
operates as a venue for private events and weddings.
Please note access is from Back
Lane, on-site parking. Unlocking Warwick will host a tour of The
Court House at 11am and 2pm. Guests
will be guided around both inside and
outside the Grade I listed building and told
of the building’s history and heritage.
GUYS CLIFFE RUIN AND CHAPEL
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 | 10am - 4pm
Coventry Road, CV34 5YD
A rare chance to explore this stunning ruin of a
country house which was used as a hospital during the
First World War run by auxiliary nurses (photograph
presentation available). There are guided tours of the
building which includes a 15th century chapel visited
by Henry V, a riverside walk, gardens and Triassic cliffs.
There is no need to book and parking is available.
13HERITAGE AND CULTURE GUY’S CLIFFE WALLED GARDEN
WARWICKSHIRE - BEHIND THE
SCENES AT THE ARCHIVES Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 | 10am - 3.30pm
Coventry Road, CV34 5FJ
Saturday 15 | Tours at 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Come and explore the fascinating history of Guy’s
Park, Off Cape Road, CV34 4JS Cliffe walled gardens, dating from the 1770s and
supplying the Guy’s Cliffe estate until the 1940s.
Find out how we care for Warwickshire’s precious Work began five years ago to restore the Garden,
documents at the County Record Office and go behind using plans from the early 19th century. The garden
the scenes to visit our strong rooms. See some of the layout has already been reinstated, and the beds
treasures within our collections on display and learn once more planted with fruit, flowers and vegetables
about the work of our archivists. Refreshments available. including many heritage varieties. The garden has a
very relaxed and inviting feel for visitors of all ages.
Booking required
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/heritageboxoffice Refreshments will be available on the day including
Tel: 01926 738959 home-made cakes made with produce from the garden.
14 14HERITAGE AND CULTURE
WARWICKSHIRE – BEHIND THE
SCENES AT OUR MUSEUM STORES
Thurs 13 | Geology Tours 10am & 11.30am
Friday 14 | Costume Tours 10am & 11.30am
Warwickshire County Council Offices,
Montague Road, CV34 5LW
HILL CLOSE GARDENS
Learn more about our collections behind the scenes Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 | 11am - 5pm
at our Museum Stores and find out how we care for Bread & Meat Close, CV34 6HF
these fascinating items. On Thursday 13 September
join Jon Radley, Curator of Natural Sciences for a An opportunity to visit rare survivals of
look at our geology collections and on Friday 14 Victorian gardens once used by townsfolk
September join Sara Wear, Curator of Social History, to living above their business to escape from the
see some of the historical costumes in the collection. crowded town. Discover how owners came
here after work or on Sundays to relax.
Booking required
www.warwickshire.gov.uk/heritageboxoffice
Tel: 01926 412500
15KING’S HIGH SCHOOL, LORD LEYCESTER HOSPITAL
LANDOR HOUSE
Sunday 9 September | 10am - 5pm
Saturday 8 | 10am - 12.30pm 60 High Street, CV34 4BH
5 Smith St, CV34 4HJ
Medieval Warwick half-timbered gem with a 500
King’s High School, founded in 1879 is housed in year-old garden! A fine example of English medieval
Landor House, a Grade II* listed building. Essayist courtyard architecture. Formerly the home of the
and poet Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) was Guilds of Warwick from the 11th century until the
born in Landor House and the tour will take in key Tudor age when Lord Dudley, Earl of Leicester founded
rooms in Landor House, the Tudor Cottages and a a place of refuge for wounded warriors who fought
number more contemporary buildings including the for Queen Elizabeth I. Today it is a working charity,
Octagon, Red Corridor and the Creative Arts building. open to the public for events, tours and visits.
Booking required by 31 August. On site café open – 500 year old Brethren’s kitchen.
Please contact Sarah Norton on Tel: 01926 494485 Try our self-guided tour on our new downloadable App
or email: s.norton@kingshighwarwick.co.uk ‘Warwick Tour’.
16OLD SHIRE HALL & JUDGES’ HOUSE ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS
MUSEUM & ST JOHN’S MUSEUM
Sunday 16 September | 10am - 3pm
Northgate Street, CV34 4SP Saturday 8 | 10am - 5pm
St John’s House, St John’s, CV34 4NF
Visit our unique and magnificent heritage listed
buildings in the heart of Warwick, including the Grade I 2pm Guided tour of the Fusilier Museum
listed The Great Hall and Grade II listed Judges’ House. by regiment expert David Baynham
The Old Shire Hall’s history dates back to the 15th
century when it was home to Warwick Assizes. Take a The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum
look at our spectacular The Great Hall, with its stone (Royal Warwickshire) tells the story of the
columns, beautiful ceiling and period chandeliers; the county infantry regiment from 1674 to today’s
Regency decorated Judges’ House with its historical Fusiliers. Discover an exciting mixture of real
portrait collection; and our octagonal courtrooms, objects, models and hands-on activities.
in use by Her Majesty’s Court Service until 2010.
St John’s Museum will also be open to visitors
Turn up on the day or book in with an opportunity to see the kitchen, Victorian
advance 01926 736350 school room and Warwickshire at War.
oldshirehall@warwickshire.gov.uk
17ST MARY IMMACULATE RC CHURCH ST MARY’S CHURCH, BELL RINGING
CHAMBER - GUIDED TOURS
Sunday 16 | 2pm - 5pm
45 West Street, CV34 6AB Saturday 8 | 11am & 3pm
Sunday 9 and Sunday 16 | 2.30pm & 4pm
A red brick church of 1860 designed by Edward Saturday 15 | 2.30pm & 4pm
Welby Pugin in the elaborate English Decorated Friday 7 September Organ recital by
Gothic style, listed Grade II. This was the first time Oliver Hancock Director of Music
Pugin had designed a church which allowed the Collegiate Church of St Mary’s,
whole congregation to see the altar and thereafter Old Square, CV34 4RW
it became his standard plan. Stained glass windows Tours begin at the tower door and are
by French artist Tony Dury and by Hardman & limited to 12 people. Please note there
Co. JRR Tolkien was married here in 1916. are over 60 steps to the bell chamber.
Teas in adjacent church hall. There are over 5000 churches in Britain with
bells hung for ringing in the English style.
This is a rare opportunity to visit St Mary’s
ringing chamber where the bell ropes can be
seen which are used to control the bell.
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH
Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 and
Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 | 11am - 5pm
Sunday 9 | 12noon - 5pm
Sunday 16 | 12noon - 3pm
St Nicholas Church Street, CV34 4JD
Take a guided tour of this unusually fine example of
Gothic revival architecture, built by Thomas Johnson
of Warwick. The church pre-dates the Victorian
excesses and has a rare, delicate, simple style.
Art exhibition by three local artists Gill Buck,
Dennis Cripps and Karen French
18ST PAUL’S CHURCH WARWICK WALK
Thursday 6 | 10am - 12noon Friday 7 and Saturday 8
Saturday 8 | 10am - 4pm 10.30am and 12noon
Friars Street, CV34 6HD Shire Hall, CV34 4RL
An opportunity to look around the Meet in the Market Place, at the front
church, which was originally steps of Shire Hall. No need to book.
used as a cemetery chapel for the
larger Warwick churches An hour long walk around the town centre, led
before being consecrated as a church by the Warwick Society. Learn about the Great
in its own right in 1844. Fire of Warwick in 1694, the mediaeval buildings
which survived, and the subsequent rebuilding in
an early Georgian style and discuss some of the
issues that this distinctive town faces today.
THE WARWICKSHIRE
YEOMANRY MUSEUM
Saturday 8,15 and Sunday 9,16 | 10am - 4pm
Castle Street, CV34 4EW
This Regimental Museum is completely supported by
Volunteers. Its aim is to safeguard the heritage and
collective memory of those who have served with
the Warwickshire Yeomanry. The collection is housed
in five rooms within the basement of The Court
House Warwick. It covers the period 1794 to 1956
when the Warwickshire Yeomanry amalgamated
with The Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars.
19KENILWORTH
Take yourself back one-hundred years this Heritage Open Days weekend, with a World War
One themed guided walk of Kenilworth, with a chance to hear the stories and see the homes
of the servicemen and the buildings that were put to war-time use. If you want to go back
even further in time you can take a tour of the Kenilworth Abbey ruins find out more about
the town’s local history in the Kenilworth Abbey ‘Barn’ Museum and Heritage Centre.
20KENILWORTH ABBEY ‘BARN’ KENILWORTH ABBEY RUINS
MUSEUM & HERITAGE CENTRE – GUIDED TOUR
Sunday 9, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 Saturday 15 | 3pm
2.30pm - 4.30pm Abbey Fields, CV8 1BP
Abbey Fields, CV8 1BP Meet outside Abbey Barn Museum
Kenilworth Abbey ‘Barn’ Museum and Heritage Centre Members of the Kenilworth History & Archaeology
contains exhibitions about Kenilworth Abbey and local Society with be leading a guided tour of Kenilworth
history from the Bronze Age to the 20th century. Abbey ruins, bringing to life the people who lived and
worked there, what became of them and why there is
so little left of a once magnificent Augustinian Abbey.
ST BARNABAS CHURCH
Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 | 9am - 4pm
Service Sunday 11am - 12noon
Albion St, CV8 2FY
Previously known as St Nicholas Mission Room,
services at St Barnabas began back in 1886
in the community of Albion Street, the church
is part of the Parish Church of St Nicholas.
Refreshments Saturday pm.
21WORLD WAR ONE WALK,
KENILWORTH
Saturday 8 | 10am
Meet at the Kenilworth War Memorial, Junction of
Abbey Hill & Abbey End, CV8 1BP
A guided circular walk with two local historians
and WW1 re-enactor from Kenilworth War
Memorial taking in Bridge Street, High Street and
Abbey Fields, with a stop at the former Red Cross
Hospital, in the Parochial Hall, for refreshments.
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH
Hear the stories and see the homes of servicemen
Thursday 6 and Friday 7, and buildings that were put to wartime use, and
Thursday 13 and Friday 14 | 8.30am - 5pm visit the graves of some of those who died.
Saturday 8 | 9am - 12.30pm
Sunday 9 | 9am - 5pm Booking required 01926 856728 or 01926 511612
28 High Street, CV8 1BP
Located close to the remains of Kenilworth Abbey, this
lovely church features a 14th century west
tower and spire, decorated arches and
perpendicular clerestory restored in 1864.
Refreshments available:
Fridays 7 and 14 | 10.15am - 11.45am
and Sunday 9 | 2.30pm - 5pm
22EXPLORE THE
DISTRICT’S VILLAGES
The Heritage Open Days are a great excuse to get out and explore the district’s fascinating
villages. Our local National Trust Properties will once again be opening their doors for
free and there are also a number of ancient village churches and hidden gems such
as the remains of Bagot’s Castle and Chesterton Windmill waiting to be found.
23ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH SHERBOURNE
Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 | 10am - 4pm
Church Road, Sherbourne, CV35 8AN
ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, LADBROKE
Thursday 13 and Friday 14 | 2pm - 4.30pm Make a visit to this intriguing church built thanks to
Saturday 15 | 10am - 4.30pm the legacy of Miss Louisa Ann Ryland in 1864 and
Guided Tours : Saturday 15 | 11am and 3pm designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Stained glass by
Sunday 16 | 2pm - 4pm Clayton and Bell and table tomb by A.W N Pugin.
Church Road, Ladbroke, CV47 2DF Memorial to Henry Eric Maudslay D.F.C of
Dambusters fame. The 150’ steeple is based on
All Saints’ Church with its unusual striped tower, the design of Salisbury catherdral. The Grade I
Gilbert Scott interior and fine stained glass stands in listed Walker organ is 150 years old this year.
a picture postcard setting . This year’s theme is War
and Peace. Find out about the stained glass windows,
our church and village history including the unusual
war memorial, soldiers, prisoners of war, refugees and
the stories behind treasured objects and documents.
24BADDESLEY CLINTON HOUSE BAGOT’S CASTLE
Saturday 15 | 9am - 5pm Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 | 12noon - 5pm
Rising Lane, Baddesley Clinton, B93 0DQ Thursday 13 and Friday 14 | 12noon - 5pm
Saturday 15 | 10.30am - 5pm
A place to come back to...Baddesley Clinton was Sunday 16 | 10.30 - 4pm
the home of the Ferrers family for 500 years. Much Church Road, Baginton, CV8 3AR
of the house you see today was built by Henry
Ferrers, a lawyer, diarist and antiquarian, in the The original castle dates back to Henry I (1100-35);
late 1500s. The house was a sanctuary not the remains of Bagot’s Castle, a medieval fortified
only for the Ferrers family, but also for persecuted house thought to have been rebuilt sometime in
Catholics who were hidden from priest hunters the 1380’s by Sir William Bagot. The castle then
in its secret hiding place during the 1590s. passed through several hands and eventually became
derelict in the 16th century. David Hewer became
custodian in 2005. A grant was obtained from English
Heritage and restoration works were completed
in 2011 to consolidate the remains of the ruin.
Visitor Centre,Children’s trail, Bagot goats and
Hardwick Sheep, picnic area.
CHESTERTON WINDMILL
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 | 10.30am - 4.30pm
Windmill Hill Lane, Chesterton, CV33 9LB
off the Fosse Way (B4455) near Harbury
A unique chance to look at Chesterton Windmill, a
local landmark that was built between 1632 and 1633.
25PACKWOOD HOUSE
Saturday 15 | 9am - 5pm
Packwood Lane, Lapworth B94 6AT
Surrounded by beautiful gardens and countryside,
Packwood was described by a guest in the 1930s
as ‘A house to dream of, a garden to dream in’.
Lovingly restored at the beginning of the 20th
century by Graham Baron Ash, the house contains a
wonderful collection of 16th century furniture and
textiles. The gardens include herbaceous borders,
sculpted yews and an 18th century gentleman’s
kitchen garden with herbs, flowers and vegetables.
ST ANNE’S CATHOLIC
CHURCH WAPPENBURY
Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 | 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9, 16 | 9.30am - 5pm
Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 | 9am - 5pm
(Mass Sunday 8.30am)
Wappenbury, CV33 9DW
Mass has been celebrated on this Iron Age site in a
variety of buildings since 1734. Through the generosity
of the Clifford family and others, Fr Marsh built St
Anne’s around 1854. In 2014 the church was fully
renovated, restored and re-ordered returning much
of the interior to the beauty it had in the 1900s.
Refreshments Sundays 9.30am - 1pm.
26ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
CHURCH, BAGINTON
Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 | 12noon - 5pm
Church Road, Baginton CV8 3AR
ST CHAD’S CHURCH, Come and see this fascinating 13th century sandstone
BISHOP’S TACHBROOK church with a central spire. The interior has a very
fine 15th century brass dedicated to Sir William Bagot
Friday 7 and Saturday 8 | 10am - 4pm and his wife Margaret, together with 17th and 18th
Sunday 9 | 11.15am - 4pm century mural tablets and 18th century panelling.
Church Hill, Bishop’s Tachbrook, CV33 9QX
Take a look around this wonderful church dating from
the 12th to 15th century and overlooking the timber
framed houses in the village. All the stained glass
windows are of historical interest and include the
work of Kingsley, William Morris and Philip Webb. The
church also has remains of mediaeval wall paintings.
Guide books available.
27ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ST MARGARET’S CHURCH,
CHURCH, WASPERTON HUNNINGHAM
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 | 11am - 4pm Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 | 9am - 6pm
Wasperton, CV35 8EB Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 | 9am - 6pm
School Lane, Hunningham, CV33 9DS
Set in a peaceful location this small church was
remodelled by G G Scott in 1847 incorporating Come and find this hidden treasure tucked away in the
an earlier building of 1736. There is a pulpit hamlet of Hunningham. This interesting 13th century
from 1600 and an 18th century wrought Iron church with 19th century additions has a wooden
Communion rail. There is also a timber porch and small wooden bellcote with a buttress on
porch and bellcote with spirelet; and the west wall with some eye-catching features.
two windows designed by Pugin.
ST MARY’S CHURCH, CUBBINGTON
Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 | 10am - 5pm
Sunday 9 | 11am - 5pm
Church Lane, Cubbington, CV32 7JT
A chance to visit this Grade I listed Norman Church
dating from the 12th Century with exceptional stained
glass windows and a bell tower where bells were
hung in the 1600s and have been rung ever since. The
church is surrounded by an award winning churchyard.
Join us for St Mary’s patronal festival on
Sunday 9 September from 3pm.
28ST PETER’S CHURCH,
BARFORD
Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 and Thursday 13 to 16 |
9.30am - 6pm
Sunday Service 9.30am - 10.45am
Church Street, Barford CV35 8BS
There has been a church on this site since Saxon
times. The present church was built in the 1840s,
with the exception of the tower which is 14th
century, it has a ring of six bells and bullet holes
left during the Civil War are still visible. In the
churchyard is the grave of Joseph Arch who was
born in a nearby cottage. He was the founder STONELEIGH CHURCH
of the National Union of Agricultural Labourers,
his tomb is marked by an obelisk. Saturday 8 | 10am - 4pm
Church Lane, Stoneleigh, CV8 3DN
Stoneleigh Church was built in the 12th century
and has a Norman arch and box pews. The church
underwent restoration in 2016 with repairs to the
stonework and a new copper roof. Stoneleigh History
Society has an exhibition in the Leigh Chapel entitled ‘
Centuries of Change and Renewal.’
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3–9 October 2016
1-7 October 2018
Celebrate historical writing,
fact and fiction, meet the authors,
discover and discuss their work.
Join us for talks, workshops,
walks and much, much more.
Special guests include:
Christopher Andrew • Juliet Barker
Tracy Borman • Stefan Buczacki • Sarah Churchwell
Saul David • Max Hastings • Fern Riddell
Dan Snow • Alison Weir • Kate Williams
plus many more ...
warwickwordsfestival WarwickWords
Box Office: 01926 33 44 18 www.warwickwords.co.ukFor More Information
Go online: www.heritageopendays.org.uk
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Warwick District Council extends its thanks to all the venues
that have joined the scheme this year and to all the volunteers
who have given up their time to make this event possible.
All information correct at the time of going to press and may be subject to change.
Warwick District Council cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions in this guide.
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