- Great Harrowden
Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Great Harrowden
latitude= 52.329
longitude= -0.710
civil_parish=
population =
shire_district= Wellingborough
shire_county=Northamptonshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= Wellingborough
post_town= WELLINGBOROUGH
postcode_district = NN9
postcode_area= NN
dial_code= 01933
os_grid_reference= SP879708
london_distance=
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static_image_caption = All Saints ChurchGreat Harrowden is a village in
Northamptonshire , near the town ofWellingborough - the population is approximately 70. The village sits astride the busy A509 running betweenKettering andWellingborough - although a bypass is due to be built shortly. The village forms part of theOrlingbury hundred.Church
The church (All Saints) dates back to Norman times and is famous for its medieval Doom; at Great Harrowden, the Doom sits very high up - at
clerestory level. The work is not sophisticated but is considered to be one of the best and most complete Dooms remaining in England.The church is mainly made of
ironstone apart from the tower, which isashlar . The tower was rebuilt in 1822; there was formerly a spire, but this collapsed in the 18th century.The church contains some 16th-century plate (Cup: 1695;
Paten : 1698) and a brass to William Harrowden.Great Harrowden Hall
Watson Wentworth built the Hall between 1716 and 1719. His son Thomas Wentworth (d.1750) who had become the 6thLord Rockingham , was later made up to be theMarquess of Rockingham in 1746. The Hall is now Grade II* (Ref GD1355) and still contains some early formal gardens and a landscape park of about 80 acres to the north and east of the hall, now used as a golf course owned and run by Wellingborough Golf Club.Kings
Henry VIII and James I are both known to have visited the hall. There are formal gardens which are surrounded by brick walls and fine iron gates are notable features. The Hall has a surprisingly unaltered contemporary garden which contain a number of garden features including several statues by the Dutch sculptorJohn van Nost , of which one has recently been repaired.The grounds also contain a chapel built by
Lord Vaux in 1905 - being a copy of the school atHigham Ferrers and three groups of lead statuary.*The house was also later owned by the Harrowden and Vaux families.
*The Hawaiian Princess,Victoria Kaiulani was educated at Great Harrowden Hall in the 1890sPictures
External links
* [http://www.wellingboroughgolfclub.com/ Wellingborough Golf Club]
ources
*Pevsner - The Buildings of England - Northamptonshire. ISBN 0-300-09632-1
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