Withcote

Withcote is a small parish currently comprising a number of scattered dwellings in Harborough, a local government district of Leicestershire.

Withcote Hall is a Grade II* listed building[1] that is on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register as being unoccupied and in a very bad state[2] It is an early C18 country house, incorporating an earlier building.

[3] The Tudor Withcote Chapel adjoins the Hall and is protected by the Churches Conservation Trust.

[4][5] Mary, Queen of Scots, stayed at Withcote on 24 September 1586 on her way to Fotheringhay Castle.

[8] Close by is Launde Abbey which contains the Tudor monument to Gregory Cromwell, son of Thomas, who dissolved the monastery and built himself a mansion there.

Withcote Hall
Withcote chapel