Long Itchington. Tudor House
The Tudor House at Long Itchington. 1930s
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH(N), 888/243, img: 6639
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Originally built as an in in the fifteenth century.
Queen Elizabeth I slept in one of the bedrooms when on her way to Kenilworth Castle in 1572.
One of the cellars was used by two of the gunpowder plotters
The owner in 1923 was Sir George Sitwell.
There are rumours that it is said to be haunted.
Source: “Rural Romance: Quaint Tales of Old Warwickshire (Shakespeare’s Country) by T B D Horniblow
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