Canons Ashby (National Trust)

Canons Ashby
Daventry
Northamptonshire
NN11 3SD
England

Website

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/canons-ashby-house

E-mail

canonsashby@nationaltrust.org.uk

Telephone

Infoline/Answerphone

01327 860044

Office

01327 861900

Tea room

01327 861903

Shop

01327 861904

Fax

01327 861909

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Canons Ashby House South Front
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A tranquil Elizabethan manor house set in beautiful gardens:
* There are some beautiful Tudor/Jacobean wall paintings, Jacobean plasterwork and several tapestries with some excellent C17 needlepoint chairs
* The Kitchen and dairy offer an intimate view of life 'below stairs'
* Colourful formal gardens, old orchard and sweeping parkland
* St Mary's Church, the relic of an Augustinian priory
* The Park encompasses the Deserted Medieval Village

Venue Type:

Historic house or home, Garden, parklands or rural site, Sacred space

 Opening hours

14 March-02 November
Sat-Wed 13.00-17.00 (16.00 in October)
Weekends in November and December - Shop, Tearoom and grounds and special events in the house only.

Closed: Thurs Fri

 Admission charges

Adults: £7.50
Children: £3.75
Family: £18.75
National Trust members FREE

Discounts

  • National Trust

Collection details

Weapons and War, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Music, Social History

Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Boxes, objects and other kit

Tudor Activity mornings

An intensive 2 hour 'Hands On' morning activity session, where the children learn about the house in Tudor times through a range of quick fire activities held in the actual building.
Activities range from such things as writing their name in Tudor script to learning how a bread oven worked.
There is a chance to stay on in the afternoon for teacher led extension activities in the church or park.

How to obtain

Please contact Siân Watson at Canons Ashby House to enquire about availability. 01327 860044.

 Paper-based and downloads

Canons Ashby Tudor Experience

School groups are invited to find out what life would have been like in a house like Canons Ashby at the end of the 16th century. Children learn about the life of Tudor servants in the kitchen and the house, learn about the life of the house owners, are taught some Tudor dances and find out about Tudor architecture as they are shown around the house. Group size max 36. KS2. 10:00 - 14:00

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