National Trust Canons Ashby House

Website http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-canonsashbyhouse/

Classification Historic Building

DescriptionTranquil Elizabethan manor house near Northampton set in beautiful gardens.

Canons Ashby House is an Elizabethan manor house located in Canons Ashby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England. It is mainly owned by the National Trust although "The Tower" is in the care of the Landmark Trust.

It has been the home of the Dryden family since its construction in the 16th century. 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.

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).

Gervase Jackson-Stops, who was the Architectural Adviser to the National Trust for over twenty years, broke fresh ground when he fought for the rescue of the then decaying manor-house. This was the first time that the Trust used government funds rather than the traditional family endowment to save an historic house.
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The following copyright notice for IMAGE 1 is on record:
Canon's Ashby house - from the back garden. Picture by R Neil Marshman (c)

The AddressCanons Ashby House, Canons Ashby, Daventry, NN11 3SD

Phone01327 861900

DateOct 19, 2006

Contact NameNational Trust

CategoryEngland > Northamptonshire
England > Oxfordshire > Attractions in Banbury

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