Gardens · Mid Wales
Grange Court
Grange Court — a garden in wales-mid, United Kingdom.
Philip Halling — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
Grange Court is a garden of interest in wales-mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Grange Court is a former market hall in Leominster, Herefordshire, England. It was built in 1633 by John Abel, and moved to its present location in 1859. It was then used as a private house until the 1930s, and is now once again a civic building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Architecture
The timber-framed building is extravagantly decorated with carvings, including mermaids, angels, animals, flowers and grotesque people. The entablature above the columns includes a number of carved texts. These read: When built by John Abel in 1633, the market hall was open at ground level, being supported on twelve oak columns. It was known as "the Butter Crosse". It has a stone tile roof, a bellcote, and a weathervane dated 1687.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.2277, -2.7348
- District
- Herefordshire, County of
- Parish
- Leominster
- Postcode
- HR6 8NW
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Herefordshire
- Established
- 1633
- Official site
- www.grangecourt.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q15186849 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Grange Court (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Grange Court?
- Grange Court is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode HR6 8NW), in the parish of Leominster.
- When was Grange Court built?
- Built or established in 1633.
- Who owns Grange Court?
- Grange Court is owned by LARC Development Trust.
- How do I get to Grange Court?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode HR6 8NW. It sits within the North Herefordshire parliamentary constituency.