Photo of Baddesley Clinton, a house & garden near Lapworth, Warwickshire, central England. — © David Robinson / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Baddesley Clinton

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Romantic moated medieval manor with priest holes.

Open to visitorsa National Trust place — check opening times and admission before you go

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A grey stone house sits inside its moat at Baddesley Clinton, little changed since the 1630s and reached across a bridge into a gatehouse. In 1591 several hunted priests hid here for hours in holes built by Nicholas Owen, the Jesuit lay-brother who made concealed refuges across Catholic England. Beyond the moat there are gardens, a lake walk and an orchard. National Trust, deep in the old Forest of Arden countryside.

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