Honington Hall

[1] The Manor of Honington was in the ownership of the Priory of Coventry until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century.

The estate was sold by the Gibbes family in about 1670 to Henry Parker who in 1696 succeeded to the Parker Baronetcy and an estate at Melford Hall, Suffolk.

The present house was built by Parker in 1682 but was sold by Parker's grandson in 1737 to Joseph Townsend who carried out considerable alterations and extensions in the mid 18th century.

The Georgian style house has a number of fine features including round headed niches over the ground floor windows of the east front which contain busts of Roman Emperors.

The house is not generally open to the public but may be available for visitations by prior group arrangements.