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Minster Lovell Hall

England
List entry 1015321
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015321
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.63 hectares
Grid reference
SP 32435 11332
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Minster Lovell Hall is a fifteenth-century manor house founded by William, 1st Viscount Lovell, situated in the parish of Minster Lovell in Oxfordshire. The hall stands as a significant example of late medieval domestic architecture, with substantial remains including the distinctive dovecote and fragments of the main residential ranges that survive from its original construction period. The site represents an important record of aristocratic life during the later fifteenth century, a period of considerable building activity among the English nobility. The hall fell into decline following the attainder of its owner Francis, Viscount Lovell, in 1488, and the surviving structures now form a scheduled monument and are in the care of English Heritage.

Minster Lovell Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015321. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Minster Lovell Hall?

Minster Lovell Hall is a fifteenth-century manor house founded by William, 1st Viscount Lovell, situated in the parish of Minster Lovell in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015321.

Who is responsible for protecting Minster Lovell Hall?

Minster Lovell Hall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015321.

What other scheduled monuments are near Minster Lovell Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall (0.1 km), Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm (2.1 km), Butter cross (3.6 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
0.1 km
Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
2.1 km
Butter cross
3.6 km
Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm
3.6 km
Bishop of Winchester's Palace, 90m east of St Mary's Church
3.9 km
The remains of a medieval moated manor, priory, settlement and associated features, Cogges
4.1 km
Lew village cross
5 km
Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm
5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Minster Lovell Hall

Minster Lovell Hall stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Minster Lovell Hall

AlchesterRoman town · ~16.3 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~18.9 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~19.4 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~13.7 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~23.4 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~23.9 miles
Domesday entry for Minster, Oxfordshire →
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