English Heritage sites near Aythorpe Roding Parish
PRIOR'S HALL BARN
11 miles from Aythorpe Roding Parish
One of the finest surviving medieval barns in eastern England, tree-ring dated to the mid-15th century, with a breathtaking aisled interior and crown post roof, the product of some 400 oaks.
HILL HALL
12 miles from Aythorpe Roding Parish
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.
AUDLEY END HOUSE AND GARDENS
15 miles from Aythorpe Roding Parish
One of England's finest country houses, Audley End is also a mansion with a difference. Enjoy a great day out.
WALTHAM ABBEY GATEHOUSE AND BRIDGE
16 miles from Aythorpe Roding Parish
A fine 14th century gatehouse, bridge and other remains of the abbey refounded by Harold, last Saxon King of England.
DUXFORD CHAPEL
21 miles from Aythorpe Roding Parish
A modest but complete and attractive 14th-century chantry chapel, perhaps originally a hospital.
HADLEIGH CASTLE
22 miles from Aythorpe Roding Parish
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War.
Churches in Aythorpe Roding Parish
Aythorpe Roding: St Mary the Virgin
Aythorpe Roding
Dunmow
http://thesixparishes.org.uk/
St Mary the Virgin Aythorpe Roding is a delightful 13th century manor church set away from the village down a quiet lane, surrounded by fields and the rolling Essex countryside. There is some evidence that the village once surrounded the church, but the houses are now scattered throughout the parish.
Aythorpe Roding is part of the Easters, Rodings and Great Canfield Group who share a full time Priest-in-Charge. For further information please see our website www.thesixparishes.org.uk.
Pubs in Aythorpe Roding Parish
Axe & Compasses
Dunmow Road, Aythorpe Roding, CM6 1PP
(01279) 876648
theaxeandcompasses.co.uk