Packwood
Packwood is a mediæval settlement and ancient parish of 1,760 acres in the Kington Hundred of Warwickshire. In 1194 the ownership of Packwood estate was disputed between the Bishop of Coventry and the Prior of Coventry.[1]
The small rural area includes the Grade-I-listed[2] sixteenth-century National Trust property Packwood House, the separate Packwood Hall (Grade-II listed)[3] and its adjacent church of St Giles.
St Giles Church
St Giles is a Grade-II*-listed[4] church alongside Packwood Hall. The nave and chancel date from the thirteenth century[1][4] and the tower around 1500.[4] The north transept was added around 1704.[4] The church contains memorials to the Featherston family of Packwood Hall.[4] The tower was financed by Nicholas Brome, lord of the nearby Baddesley Clinton manor in atonement for killing the local priest who was attacking his wife.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Parishes: Packwood". British History Online. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol5/pp129-132. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1184240: Packwood House (Grade I listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1300233: Packwood Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 National Heritage List 1035112: St Giles Packwood (Grade II listing)
Outside links
- Location map: 52°21’11"N, 1°45’7"W
