English Heritage sites near Dean and Shelton Parish
CHICHELE COLLEGE
5 miles from Dean and Shelton Parish
The gatehouse, chapel and other remains of a communal residence for priests serving the parish church, founded by locally-born Archbishop Chichele before 1425. Regularly used for events, and art and heritage exhibitions.
BUSHMEAD PRIORY
7 miles from Dean and Shelton Parish
Bushmead Priory is a rare survival of the complete refectory of an Augustinian priory, with a fine timber roof and notable 14th century wall paintings.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
13 miles from Dean and Shelton Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
16 miles from Dean and Shelton Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
KIRBY HALL
17 miles from Dean and Shelton Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
APETHORPE PALACE
17 miles from Dean and Shelton Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
Churches in Dean and Shelton Parish
All Hallows
All Halows Dean is part of the Stodden Group of churches: Yelden, Melchbourne, Shelton, Dean, Swineshaed, Pertenhall
St Mary
Pubs in Dean and Shelton Parish
Three Compasses
High Street, Upper Dean, PE28 0NE
(01234) 708346
thethreecompasses.co.uk