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Properties and events in Warwickshire 2022
Properties and events in Warwickshire 2022
Before heading out for your Heritage Open Days visit, please check entries at www.heritageopendays.org.uk for last-minute changes.
Heritage Open Days 2022 will be 9-18 September.
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Alcester Baptist Chapel and Meeting House
Alcester Baptist Church, Church Street, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5AJ
The first chapel was used for worship until 1860 but then became the Sunday school room. There was a great demand for education at that time. The…
The Baptist community in Alcester first met in 1640, one of the earliest Baptist meetings in the country. Take a walk around the original meeting house from 1735, and the later chapel dating from 1860. You can also visit the old burial ground.
Event Times
- Saturday 10 September: 1400-1600
- Sunday 11 September: 1300-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Alcester War Memorial Town Hall
Henley Street, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5QX
This is a historic 17th Century Grade I listed building that celebrated its 400th year anniversary in 2018. The building has many original…
Visitors can enjoy an exhibition showing the history and development of the Town Hall over more than 400 years together with a special exhibition relating to the history of the town of Alcester since the early 1900s.
Event Times
- Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 11 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Church House, Alcester
Church House, 17 Butter Street, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5AL
Once a grand medieval timber-framed dwelling house with a utility house to the rear, the front house was converted to Edwardian Meeting Hall in…
Grade 2 listed timber-framed former dwelling refurbished to provide modern facilities for St Nicholas Church.
Event Times
- Saturday 10 September: 1200-1600
- Sunday 11 September: 1200-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Roman Alcester Museum
Warwickshire County Council, Alcester Library & Roman Museum, Priory Road, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5DZ
Roman Alcester Museum displays Roman artefacts (including pottery, coins, jewellery, gemstones, bottles & glassware) that have been found within…
Roman Alcester Museum will be open over the weekend of 10th & 11th September 2022 when visitors will be able to view an impressive display of Roman era artefacts that have all been found in Alcester.
Event Times
- Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 11 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Nicholas Church, Alcester
St. Nicholas Church, Butter Street, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5AL
St Nicholas Church is well known for its iconic location in the town centre, dominated by its 14th-century tower with an unusually located clock…
St Nicholas Church with its restored stonework and redecorated interior is open this year. Of special interest is the unique 17th Century Alcester Benefaction Board, recently rehung after major conservation work.
Event Times
- Friday 9 September: Normally open 09.00 until 17.00 subject to services and any restrictions
- Saturday 10 September: 1200-1600 - manned for Alcester HODs day
- Sunday 11 September: 1200-1600 subject to service times - manned for Alcester HODs day
- Monday 12 September: Normally open 09.00 until 17.00 subject to services and any restrictions
- Tuesday 13 September: Normally open 09.00 until 17.00 subject to services and any restrictions
- Wednesday 14 September: Normally open 1100-1600 subject to service times
- Thursday 15 September: Normally open 09.00 until 17.00 subject to services and any restrictions
- Friday 16 September: Normally open 09.00 until 17.00 subject to services and any restrictions
- Saturday 17 September: Normally open 09.00 until 17.00 subject to services and any restrictions
- Sunday 18 September: 1200-1600 subject to service times
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St John the Baptist Church, Lower Shuckburgh
St John the Baptist Church, Sawbridge Road, Lower Shuckburgh , Daventry , Warwickshire, NN11 6DY
St John the Baptist church was built on site of the original church, which was destroyed by fire. The designs and ideas have Moorish design…
Welcome to Lower Shuckburgh Church! Whilst walking towards the building you will pass the well-maintained yew trees. Inside the Church reveals John Croft Architecture, high Gothic Style, built in 1864. There'll also be coffee and cake to be enjoyed!
Event Times
- Saturday 10 September: 1400-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St.Marys Allotments, Royal Leamington Spa
Radford Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1LQ
'Sculptures, Sheds and Chalets' Established in 1894 as 'St. Mary's Cottagers' and General Horticultural & Industrial Society', with Alderman…
Guided walks around a Sculpture Trail on this Victorian site with riverside chalets situated on the banks of the River Leam.
A haven of birds, butterflies and bees featuring water baths from a Victorian Hospital to diverse allotment sheds.
Event Times
- Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 11 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 17 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 18 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Marton Museum of Country Bygones
Louisa Ward Close, Marton, Warwickshire, CV23 9SA
An eclectic mix of artefacts showing how people lived and worked in the country. This small museum had been closed for some years following the…
A museum of local rural artefacts developed from the collection made over many decades by George Tims, a village resident, who died in January 2005.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1030-1700
- Sunday 18 September: 1030-1700
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Astley Castle
Astley Castle, Astley, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7QD
The ancient moated site of Astley Castle holds award-winning modern accommodation clasped within the shell of a medieval castle. Floor-to-ceiling…
A groundbreaking conversion of rugged ruins for modern living on this historic moated site, combining the thrill of contemporary architecture with the atmosphere of an ancient place.
Event Times
- Friday 9 September: 1000-1600
- Saturday 10 September: 1000-1600
- Sunday 11 September: 1000-1600
- Monday 12 September: 1000-1300
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
St Mary the Virgin Astley Church
1 Post Office Row, Castle Drive, Astley, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7QS
Astley Church was built in 1343 by Sir Thomas Astley and he called it “my fair and beautiful Collegiate church”. The church was built in the…
Astley Church is a place of worship and a Grade One listed building. It holds many historic treasures such as post-reformation wall paintings, medieval misericords and alabaster figures of The Grey family and the church is an amazing historic gem.
Event Times
- Friday 9 September: 10am to 4pm
- Saturday 10 September: 10am to 4pm
- Sunday 11 September: 10am to 2pm
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
CEMEX Rugby Cement Plant
Cemex Rugby Cement Plant, New Rugby Works, Lawford Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 2RY
Cement has been produced on this site in Rugby since the middle of the 19th century and the current plant is one of the largest in the UK…
A tour of the CEMEX Rugby cement manufacturing plant, one of the largest in the UK, together with audio visual presentations of the history and development of cement making on this site and in the county of Warwickshire.
Event Times
- Thursday 15 September: Tours: 1030-1230, 1330-1530 & 1630-1830
- Friday 16 September: Tours: 1030-1230 & 1330-1530
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Required
Princethorpe College
Princethorpe College, Leamington Road, Princethorpe, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 9PX
From 1833 until 1966, St Mary's Priory was home to a congregation of Benedictine nuns who ran a boarding school for girls. This community sold the…
Built in 1832, St Mary's Priory was one of the first Catholic buildings in England after the reformation. Come for a tour of the magnificent building and learn all about its history, including the amazing women that made it the place it is today.
Event Times
- Sunday 18 September: 1400-1600 (Last tour at 1500)
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
St Marie’s RC Church, Rugby
The Presbytery, Oak Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 5EL
St Marie's Church, Dunchurch Road, RUGBY The remarkable spire of St Marie's church has graced the skyline of Rugby and welcomed visitors to the…
Do come to visit this landmark church with its beautiful Pugin interior and learn a little of this part of Rugby's history. A guide will be on duty during the opening hours, with a children's search sheet to focus the younger visitors.
Event Times
- Saturday 10 September: 1000-1500
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable
Southam Heritage Collection Guided History Walk
Southam Heritage Collection, Tithe Place, High Street, Southam, Warwickshire, CV47 0HB
A guided walk through Southam from the church to the Bowling Green Inn at the top of town, reveals its origins as a medieval market town from…
Southam is a small market town with known Roman and Saxon origins. In 1742 a fire destroyed much of the medieval town, but today, a walk through the town centre reveals its history through the shape of the town and existing buildings.
Event Times
- Friday 16 September: Tour 1000, 1100 & 1200
- Saturday 17 September: Tour 1000, 1100 & 1200
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Preferred
St Mary’s Church, Stoneleigh
Church Lane, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, CV8 3DN
It contains fine examples of a chancel arch late 11th/early 12th century stonework on the font, important memorials and hatchments along with…
Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin was first mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086. The building is essentially Norman.
Event Times
- Saturday 17 September: 1000-1600
Booking Details: Pre-booking: Not applicable