Harvington Hall
- For the village of near Evesham see Harvington
Harvington Hall is a moated medieval and Elizabethan manor house in the hamlet of Harvington in the civil parish of Chaddesley Corbett, south-east of Kidderminster in the English county of Worcestershire.
Harvington Hall belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham and is particularly notable for its vestment-hide and seven priest-holes, four of which are built around the main staircase and are thought to be the work of Nicholas Owen.[1][2][3][4] Harvington Hall was given to the Archdiocese of Birmingham by Ellen Ferris (1870–1955), whose son Robert was Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1970 to 1974 and later became Lord Harvington.
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Library with priest hole -
Withdrawing room with priest hole -
Grave of Lord Harvington and his mother at St Mary's Catholic Church, Harvington. The roof of Harvington Hall is visible in the background.
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See also
References
- ^ Home > Corporate Hospitality > West Midlands, Hudson's. Retrieved 19 July 2009. "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham"
- ^ Julian Yates, Error, misuse, failure: object lessons from the English Renaissance, U of Minnesota Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8166-3961-2, ISBN 978-0-8166-3961-8. p. 187
- ^ The Priest HolesHarvington Hall, official website. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ Harvington Hall- Inside the roof hide. Tudorstuff blog, Retrieved 19 July 2009.
Further reading
- Priest Holes, moats and knots BBC Hereford & Worster, Retrieved 19 July 2009.
External links
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