English Heritage sites near Holt Parish
WITLEY COURT AND GARDENS
3 miles from Holt Parish
A hundred years ago, Witley Court was one of England's great country houses, hosting many extravagant parties. Today it is a spectacular ruin, the result of a disastrous fire in 1937.
LEIGH COURT BARN
6 miles from Holt Parish
An outstanding display of English medieval carpentry, this mighty timber-framed barn is the largest cruck structure in Britain.
EDVIN LOACH OLD CHURCH
10 miles from Holt Parish
The ruins of an 11th century and later church built within the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a Victorian church nearby. The site of hundreds of years of worship.
HALESOWEN ABBEY
16 miles from Holt Parish
Remains of abbey founded by King John in the 13th century.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
21 miles from Holt Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
21 miles from Holt Parish
Delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries.