1 Post Mill, 16th century, at the above grid reference.
2 Windmill?
3 No trace found when site was visited, or any other reference found.
Documentary evidence suggests that this was the site of a Post Medieval post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. The possible site lies north west of Westley Bridge.
1 Lower Old Baginton Windmill. 16th century? post mill.
2 ‘Lower Old Baginton Windmill (P).
3 No trace of remains of the windmill.
Some documentary evidence exists to suggest that this was the site of a post mill, a windmill mounted on a post. It would have been in use during the Post Medieval period. Its likely location was 400m northwest of Chantry Heath Wood.
1 Gatehouse, completed in 1346 by Adam de Hockele, sixteenth Abbot. Although much restored and internally remodelled, is substantially unaltered externally. Outer face has an entrance consisting of a low-centred, ...
Stoneleigh Abbey Gatehouse which was built from red sandstone during the Medieval period. It is situated north east of the abbey remains.
1 The Abbey of Radmore was transferred to Stoneleigh in 1154-5. The foundation stone of the church of the new Cistercian Abbey was laid in 1155. In 1241 the monastery ...
The site of Stoneleigh Abbey, a Cistercian monastery that was founded during the Medieval period. Few traces of the abbey buildings survive above the ground except for the gatehouse. The site is located southwest of The National Agricultural Centre.
1 The S aisle of the conventual church partly survives in the N side of the present house. The semicircular arch at the E end was apparently between the aisle ...
Stoneleigh Abbey Church was built during the Medieval period. The church no longer exists in its own right but parts of if have been incorporated into a house that was on the same site. It is located to the east of the abbey remains.
1 A Dove House Close is shown on Thos. Wilkes’ 1749 map. Also, an illustration on the same map shows a square building in this general area with a lantern ...
The site of a Post Medieval dovecote, a building used for the breeding and housing of doves or pigeons. The dovecote is known from documentary evidence. It was situated 100m west of Stoneleigh Abbey.
1 The dog kennels are shown on a 1749 map at the same location as present.
2 They still exist, but are no longer in use. The structure is red ...
Dog kennels that were built during the Post Medieval period. They are marked on a map of 1749 and are still standing. They are situated 300m north west of Brick Kiln Spinney.
1 Bridge marked.
2 A modern concrete footbridge leading to Motslow Hill. This bridge appears to have sandstone supports. It is possible but not certain that these supports survive from the ...
The site of a Post Medieval footbridge which crosses the River Sowe 200m southwest of St Mary's Church, Stoneleigh. It was shown on an Estate map of 1766. The footings of the present concrete bridge probably pre-date it.
1 Westley Bridge is ‘Wolfyeuesbrygge, Wolfiesbrugge’ in the 13th century, ‘Wolsee Bridge’ in 1546, ‘Wolce Bridge’ in 1547.
2 The present bridge is single span, of red sandstone and brick. The ...
Westley Bridge, the remains of a possible Medieval/Post Medieval bridge, for which there is documentary evidence from the 13th century. The present bridge of red sandstone and brick incorporates older parts.
1 Two bridges marked.
2 Two bridges marked.
3 The bridges are still there. One of them is sandstone and has a small arch and may be quite old. The larger bridge ...
The site and partial remains of two footbridges that cross the Avon 400m northeast of Stare Bridge. They date to the Post Medieval period, and are marked on maps of 1685 and 1749.
1 Crackley Bridge on its upstream side is a modern single-span concrete structure. The downstream side is sandstone, of much earlier date, but it is impossible to give an exact ...
Crackley Bridge, the remains of a possible Post Medieval bridge. The downstream side is sandstone of an older date than the upstream concrete side. It crosses the Finham Brook north east of Crackley.
1 The Home Grange was the most important grange attached to Stoneleigh manor in 1291. It lay close to, and S of, the Abbey. The site of one of the ...
The site of Home Grange, a farm associated with Stoneleigh Abbey. The grange was situated 200m south east of site of the abbey.
1 Cryfield was said to have been the site of a royal residence called the Burystede, which was (presumably during the Anarchy) occupied by a foreign lord who was a ...
The possible site of a Medieval grange, an outlying farm, which belonged to Stoneleigh Abbey. It has also been suggested that this may be one of the original sites of Stoneleigh Abbey. It is situated 1km north of Crackley.
1 There are mill dams at SP2974 and SP3074. The N dam is 1m high with modern mutilation. The S dam is also mutilated. There are no traces of a ...
There is documentary evidence for a watermill at Cryfield Grange from the Medieval to the late Post Medieval period. It was recorded as a fulling mill in 1535. The dam banks remain visible as earthworks, 700m north east of Crackley Wood.
1 Stoneleigh Bridge retains, on its upstream side, much of its Medieval construction of local red sandstone, but the downstream side was added in 1824 during widening operations. It has ...
Stoneleigh Bridge, the remains of a Medieval road bridge, built of red sandstone, and widened in 1844. It is situated 200m northeast of St Mary's Church.
1 Coach Bridge. This bridge was used solely for conveying shooting parties across the Avon. It has no connection with a coaching route or turnpike road. 1951: A bridge of ...
Coach Bridge, a Post Medieval bridge built solely to convey shooting parties across the Avon. It is in good condition but is no longer in use. It is 200m southeast of Deerkeeper's Lodge, Stoneleigh.
1 No trace exists of the bridge which, according to Dugdale, was reported to an enquiry of 1352 as being built by hermits out of alms. It may be the ...
Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of Cloud Bridge, a Medieval bridge that crossed the Avon at the east side of Stoneleigh Park, immediately downstream of the present bridge. No trace of it remains.
1 A lodge is shown on Beighton’s map of 1729 at this approximate location.
2 Also shown on a map of 1766.
3 Externally the building appears to be ...
The site of a lodge which was built during the Post Medieval period. It is marked on several maps, the earliest of which dates to 1729. The site lies within Stoneleigh Deer Park and was most probably used by the game keeper.
1 ‘Coal Pit Close’ marked.
2 ‘Coal Pit Close’ marked.
3 No visible traces during site visit.
The possible site of a Post Medieval quarry or coal workings. It is marked on an estate map dating to 1597. The site is located 500m south of Stareton.
1 A number of earthworks survive, the most siginificant of which may represent the remains of a medieval watermill. There are a number of possible mill pools linked to a ...
A series of earthworks indicate the presence of a watermill. Documentary evidence suggests that the mill may date to the Medieval Period. The site lies 600m south of the National Agricultural Centre.
1 In 1535 the last Abbot surrendered to the Crown. The Abbey lay a roofless ruin until 1561. An Elizabethan building was constructed and remained substantially unaltered until 1710. The ...
The remains of Stoneleigh Abbey buildings that are of Medieval date. Parts of the abbey cloister, chapter house and dormitory survive and have been incorporated into a later building. The abbey buildings were located 500m north west of The Grove.
1 A mound at SP33077235 is likely to be the Hundred mound of Motslow.
2On modern OS maps this is shown as a quarry.
The site of a mound which is visible as an earthwork. The mound may have been the Post Medieval meeting place of the hundred of Motslow. It is situated 400m south of Stoneleigh.
1 At Hill, Hulle or Kings Hulle the monks of Stoneleigh had a grange.
2 Another grange was that of Helenhill, later treated as identical with the hamlet of Kingshill in ...
The site of a grange, a Medieval farm or estate associated with Stoneleigh Abbey. The grange was situated 300m north east of King's Hill.
1 Two large fragments of carved red sandstone – vermiculation. This type of carving was particularly suitable for garden features and it is even possible that they are ...
Two large fragments of carved red sandstone revealed in trenching in front of south wall of The Vinehouse, South Garden Stoneleigh Abbey, Stoneleigh