Everything about Great Harrowden totally explained
Great Harrowden is a village in
Northamptonshire, near the town of
Wellingborough - the population is approximately 70. The village sits astride the busy
A509 running between
Kettering and
Wellingborough - although a bypass is due to be built shortly. The village forms part of the
Orlingbury 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 isn't 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 is
ashlar. 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 6th
Lord Rockingham, was later made up to be the
Marquess 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 sculptor
John 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 at
Higham 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 1890s
Pictures
Image:GtHarrowdenHall.JPG|Great Harrowden Hall
Image:Ka'iulani 02.jpg|Victoria Kaiulani
Image:MedPaintings.JPG|Doom picture in All Saints Church
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