The main entrance is reached through an archway and small courtyard, known as the Pebble Court. This leads into the Great Hall. The main door was originally on the opposite side of the house.
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We recently had a very pleasant afternoon at Canons Ashby in the south of Northamptonshire. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1981, although "The Tower" is in the care of the Landmark Trust and available for holiday lets.
It has been the home of the Dryden family since the 16th century. The main part of the manor house was built in approximately 1550 with additions in the 1590s, the 1630s and in 1710. It has remained essentially unchanged since then.
John Dryden had married Elizabeth Cope in 1551 and inherited, through his wife, a 15th century L-shaped farmhouse which he gradually extended. In the 1590s his son, Sir Erasmus Dryden completed the final north range of the house which enclosed the Pebble Courtyard.
The house sits in the midst of a formal garden with colourful herbaceous borders, an orchard featuring varieties of fruit trees from the 16th century, terraces, walls and gate piers from 1710. There is also the remains of a medieval priory church (from which the house gets its name).
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Canons Ashby House is an Elizabethan manor house located in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1981, although "The Tower" is in the care of the Landmark Trust and available for holiday lets.
It has been the home of the Dryden family since the 16th century. The main part of the manor house was built in approximately 1550 with additions in the 1590s, in the 1630s and 1710; it has remained essentially unchanged since the 1710s.
John Dryden had married Elizabeth Cope in 1551 and inherited, through his wife, a 15th century L-shaped farmhouse which he gradually extended. In the 1590s his son, Sir Erasmus Dryden completed the final north range of the house which enclosed the Pebble Courtyard.
The interior of the house is noted for its Elizabethan wall paintings and its Jacobean plasterwork.
The house sits in the midst of a formal garden with colourful herbaceous borders, an orchard featuring varieties of fruit trees from the 16th century, terraces, walls and gate piers from 1710. There is also the remains of a medieval priory church (from which the house gets its name).
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Canons Ashby House is an Elizabethan manor house located in Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1981.
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St Mary's Church at Canons Ashby dates from 1250 and is all that is left of Canons Ashby Priory, which was founded in around 1150. The church was originally the size of a small cathedral, but following the dissolution of the monasteries in 1535, when Canons Ashby Priory was one of the first to be demolished, the church was substantially reduced in size, leaving the somewhat strange shape that we see today, with the large tower and very small body of the church. Like Canons Ashby House, the church is owned by the National Trust.
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