QUENINGTON COURT

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A 13th century postern gatehouse forms the only surviving remnant of the former preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers, which was founded between 1144-62, dissolved in 1540, and demolished in the 17th century. Quenington Court now occupies the site. This was one of the earliest Hospitallers Preceptories, founded by Walter, the first Prior of the Order in England.

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(SP 1482 0397) Gate (NR). (1)

(SP 1475 0391) Dovecote (NR). (2)

(SP 148 039) A preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers was founded at Quenington c 1193 and dissolved in 1540 (3). Quenington Court (SP14810388), mainly 19th cent, stands on the siteof the preceptory, and the gatehouse still survives, with a 13th cent postern doorway (5) Grade 1 (4). The surrounding moat visible in Rudder's time (6) is mentioned by Mrs Clifford in her report of excavations carried out in the grounds of the Court (at SP 1479 0391) in 1958. Discoveries at that time included 12th and 13th cent stonework, animal bones and fragments of cooking pots, suggesting that this area was included in the kitchen quarters of the preceptory (7). The round dovecote, with its potence still in existence, may be the one mentioned by Prior Philip de Thame to the Grand Master Elyan de Villanove in 1338 (5, 8) Grade 1. (3-9)

Quenington Court SP 147 039. A small excavation before the grounds were laid out located a large stone building which was probably the Hall of the Knights Templars built c 1200. An earlier building of whose walls consisted of stone bonded clay was destroyed to build the hall; pottery, all unglazed, associated with the earlier building was 11th - 12th c. Several pieces of ecclesiastical painted glass suggested that the chapel is nearby. (10)

Quenington Court (name confirmed), both the gatehouse with its postern doorway (SP 1482 0397) and the dovecote, (SP 1475 0391) remain in outstanding condition. (Published survey correct). The grounds of the Court were extensively landscaped in the 17 c and no remains of the moat can now be identified. No trace remains of Cliffords (7) 1958 excavation, and the owner has no knowledge as to the position of the 13 c hall mentioned by Reece (10). However during renovation around 1971 she recalls stonework being discovered at SP 1480 0389, immediately SW of the house; it seems likely that this represents the site of the hall described by Reece. (11)

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( 3) by David Knowles and R Neville Hadcock 1953 Medieval religious houses : England and Wales

Page(s)245

( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 25" 1902

( 2) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1960.

( 4) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE (HHR) Cirencester RD Glos August 1949 62

( 5) by David Verey 1979 Gloucestershire : the Cotswolds

The buildings of England Page(s)375

( 6) General reference

New History of Glos 1779 617 (S Rudder)

( 7) Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society

Plans Photos (E M Clifford) 80, 1961 Page(s)93-8

( 8) General reference

Anc Cotswold Churches 1929 169 (U Daubency)

( 9) General reference

Glos Countryside 3 1937-40 507 Photo (M Westerling)

(10) Council for British Archaeology : Group 12 (Wessex) & Group 13 (South West) : Archaeological review

1971 (R Reece) Page(s)41

(11) Field Investigators Comments

F1 GB 16-JAN-75

(12) by David Knowles and R Neville Hadcock 1971 Medieval religious houses in England and Wales

Page(s)305-6

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