Kettering Civic Society
Local Area
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Kettering Civic Society Local Area |
| Home Page | The area around Kettering is rich in
History. Within ten miles of Kettering there are no less than eight historic buildings, (Boughton House, Deene Park, Kelmarsh Hall, Kirby Hall, Lamport Hall, Lyveden New Bield, Rockingham Castle, Rushton Triangular Lodge) which rival the best in the country with their beauty and interest More details on these historic houses are available on the Kettering Borough website |
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Visit the Boughton House
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 Triangular Lodge |
Deene Park has been transformed by successive generations of the
Brudenell family into one of Northamptonshire's finest country houses and is of
considerable architectural interest. Today Deene is still a family home containing fine examples of period furniture, family portraits and beautiful paintings; the house having been carefully restored after falling into a dilapidated state during the last war. The oldest visible part of Deene is an arch c1300 which is to the right of a chimney in the east of the house which comprises the hall of 1450. The Great Hall was completed by the end of the 16th century and has a magnificent sweet chestnut hammer-beam roof. A famous member of the family was James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, who led the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava and interesting records and historic relics about Lord Cardigan and the Charge have survived and are on show. |
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| Sir Thomas Tresham was a devout catholic who was imprisoned for his beliefs. When he was released he built this Lodge in the 1590's to defy his prosecutors and secretly declare his faith. The construction's 'three of everything' - sides, floors, windows and gables - represent the Holy Trinity |
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