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Bradgate is a late medieval and early modern country estate in Leicestershire comprising a substantial house, chapel, garden earthworks, and watermill. The principal house was built in the mid-fifteenth century by the Grey family and subsequently enlarged, particularly during the sixteenth century, establishing Bradgate as one of the notable gentry residences of the East Midlands. The site retains fragmentary remains of formal gardens including terraces and water features characteristic of Renaissance landscape design, alongside the ruins of a small private chapel and evidence of industrial activity from the associated mill. The monument represents an important testimony to the domestic and landscape aspirations of the Tudor and early Stuart period, when substantial houses such as Bradgate served as focal points for family prestige and territorial authority.
Bradgate: house, chapel, garden and watermill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008831. View the official record →
Bradgate is a late medieval and early modern country estate in Leicestershire comprising a substantial house, chapel, garden earthworks, and watermill. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008831.
Bradgate: house, chapel, garden and watermill 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 1008831.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ratby camp (5.7 km), Kirby Muxloe Castle (5.7 km), Leicester abbey and 17th century mansion and ornamental gardens (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bradgate: house, chapel, garden and watermill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bradgate: house, chapel, garden and watermill stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.