Tours of St Michael & All Angels’ Church, Brownsover
St Michael & All Angels' Church,
Brownsover Lane,
Brownsover,
Rugby,
Warwickshire, CV21 1HY
Free tour of hotel and church, with optional lunch available - booking required
The tour will include introduction and history of the Brownsover…
Free tour of hotel and church, with optional lunch available - booking required
The tour will include introduction and history of the Brownsover Hall Hotel in Sir Frank Whittle's former office during the Second World War. This will also include a short history of the Boughton Leigh Family, Sir George Gilbert Scott, The Architect, The Victorian Era and the rise in prominence of Rugby Town. The tour will look at the connection to Rugby School and Lawrence Sheriff's birth place, Rupert Brooks and The Whittle connection. We will have a look at the Tower and Tower Staircase, Stables Victorian cold room, canal secret passage, one handed Boughton's legacy in the Old Library, Naughty Edward's adventures in the former billiard room, the cloisters and the former chapel. There will also be unique viewing of St. Michael's and All angels Church and the restoration by Sir Gilbert Scott. The introduction and tour is scheduled to last 90 minutes
Beautiful woodwork fills this twelfth-century church, which was almost entirely rebuilt by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1876 for Allesley Boughton-Leigh of nearby Brownsover Hall. The rebuilding was remarkably sympathetic, for example, the primitive window forms were reproduced or restored, rather than replaced with Scott's favourite Decorated style.
The church has an interesting and idiosyncratic collection of English and foreign carved woodwork, including a lovely organ case, made in 1660 for St John's College, Cambridge.
Opening Times
- Friday 8 September: Tour 1200 - 1330
Booking Details
Pre-booking: Required
Site is free to explore at all times, but the tour must be pre booked. Contact: Brownsover Hall Hotel Call: 01788 546100 Email: specialevents@brownsoverhall.co.uk
Access Information
The church is up a grassy slope from the lane to the west door, which is 30 metres from the lane. There is a gentle slope to the west door with single step up to the nave.
Directions
The church is 1 mile north of Rugby, off the A426 Leicester Road. At the roundabout follow brown tourism sign to Brownsover Hall Hotel via Brownsover Lane. The church is in a cul-de-sac off Brownsover Lane.
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