Stately homes · South East England
Creech Grange
Creech Grange — country house in Steeple, Dorset, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Nearest railway station
- Norden · 4.6 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Creech Grange is a stately home in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest. Wikidata describes it as: "country house in Steeple, Dorset, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.6398°, -2.1269°.
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Heritage listing
Creech Grange is a country house in Steeple, south of Wareham in Dorset at the foot of the Purbeck Hills. Historic England designate it as a Grade I listed building. The park and gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: South Dorset Coast SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Povington and Grange Heaths SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Purbeck Ridge (West) SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: PURBECK HEATHS
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Creech Grange is a country house in Steeple, south of Wareham in Dorset at the foot of the Purbeck Hills. Historic England designate it as a Grade I listed building. The park and gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
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Background
History
The house was built by Sir Oliver Lawrence (1507–1559), who acquired the land from the former Bindon Abbey, near Wool, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. Lawrence was the brother-in-law of Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton. Lawrence was an ancestor of the first American president, George Washington, and the joint arms of the two families - the stars and stripes of Washington's signet ring and the American flag - appear in memorials at Steeple and Affpuddle. Creech Grange was sold to Nathaniel Bond in 1691, and the family still hold their Purbeck estates. It was Thomas Bond who in Stuart times laid out the London Street over fields of…
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- Coordinates
- 50.6398, -2.1269
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Steeple with Tyneham
- Postcode
- BH20 5DF
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Dorset
- Established
- 1559
- Nearest railway station
- Norden — 4.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q17531809 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Creech Grange (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Creech Grange - geograph.org.uk - 1223893.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Creech Grange?
- Creech Grange is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BH20 5DF), in the parish of Steeple with Tyneham.
- When was Creech Grange built?
- Built or established in 1559.
- Is Creech Grange a listed building?
- Creech Grange is officially recognised as Site of Special Scientific Interest listed.
- Is Creech Grange a protected site?
- Yes — Creech Grange is part of the South Dorset Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Povington and Grange Heaths SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Creech Grange?
- The nearest railway station is Norden, about 4.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BH20 5DF.