Information for record number MWA2234:
Site of Medieval and Post Medieval House by Chapel, Guy's Cliffe

Summary The site of a Medieval and Post Medieval house on the current spot of Guy's Cliffe house. The buildings may be houses for chantry priests from the Medieval chapel close by.
What Is It?  
Type: House
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leek Wootton and Guys Cliffe
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 66
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A house beyond the chapel, which was still standing in Dugdale's time, may have represented the dwelling, or dwellings, of the chantry priests. It was later rebuilt as Guy's Cliffe house. In Dugdale's time it was a two-storied building with gabled projections and a steeply-pitched roof. Soon after 1757 Samuel Greatheed built a new and larger house (PRN 5245).
2 A stone mullion window from Guy's Cliffe reportedly in the fabric of a well in Lion house, Ansley (WA 9180).
3 Auctioneers' sale particulars.
4 Sketch plan of the site.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 8, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Pugh R B (ed)
Date: 1969
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Volume/Sheet: 8
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Plan
Title: Guy's Cliffe - House Ruin and Chapel
Author/originator: Heath, David
Date: 1992
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Guy's Cliffe, Warwick
Author/originator: Robinson, Osborne & Moules
Date: 1952
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Verbal communication, Lion House, Church End, Ansley
Author/originator: Mr Feathers
Date: 2002
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument DWELLING * Places of residence. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back

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