Ashby St Ledgers

Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire, gunpowder plot

Ashby St Ledgers

Where is it – East Midlands, England

Who looks after it –  Local Authority 

What is it –  Free access, Village 

When is it from – Stuart

Ashby St Ledgers is a small, attractive, village between Daventry and Rugby. The largely Jacobean manor, remodelled in the 20th century, was owned by the Catesby family from 1365 to 1611 and the gatehouse is famous for being the place where the Gunpowder Plot was planned. Neither gatehouse nor manor is open to the general public, but the manor is available for private hire. Also in the village is a wonderful medieval church, dedicated to St Leodegarius, a pub (the Olde Coach House) and a series of thatched estate workers’ cottages designed by Lutyens.

 


Address

Northamptonshire CV23 8UN 

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