Bramcote Hall (ruins of)

United Kingdom / England / Dordon-Polesworth /
 interesting place, Grade II Listed (UK), historic ruins

This is the ruins of early 19th-century building constructed around an original house built for Burdet family in times of Queen Elizabeth I.
"Bramcote Hall was the seat of the Burdet family, and in Shakespeare youth was occupied by Thomas Burdet (died 1603), whose monument in the neighbouring church of Seckington describes him as `secretarius e secretioribus consiliis` to Queen Elizabeth. In his service at Bramcote, as steward of his estate, lived Raphael Holinshed, the chronicler, and there died in 1580. His great Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland has been published in 1577."
This ruins are grade II. listed building.

Bramcote Hall Farm
off Austrey Road
Warton
Polesworth
North Warwickshire
B79 0HH

www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-309312-bramcote-hai...
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Coordinates:   52°38'10"N   1°35'55"W
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