Site of Stoneton Manor House
Description of this historic site
The site of Stoneton Manor House which dated back to the Medieval period. A Georgian house now stands on the site. The manor house was located 600m north of Berryhill Plantation.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Stoneton House, on site of Manor House.
2 A Georgian house now exists on the site.
3 When laying a tarmac drive the owner of the house came across, at a depth of about 2m from the surface, brick and limestone building material.
4 A stone inscribed ‘S.R.S. 1602’ has been built into the walls of the house. This would be the time of Sir Robert Spencer the first Baron Spencer of Wormleighton who was knighted by James I.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
Prince Rupert was said to have stopped overnight here before the Battle of Edgehill.
Source: “Historic Warwickshire” by J Tom Burgess
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