Knipton
| Knipton | |
 All Saints' Church |
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  Knipton |
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| OS grid reference | SK824312 |
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| – London | 100 mi (160 km) SSE |
| Civil parish | Belvoir |
| District | Melton |
| Shire county | Leicestershire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG32 |
| Dialling code | 01476 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Rutland and Melton |
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Coordinates: 52°52′22″N 0°46′34″W / 52.87269°N 0.77613°W
Knipton, is a small village in the civil parish of Belvoir, in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) from the town of Grantham just off the A607, and 10 miles (16 km) from Melton Mowbray. Despite having a Nottinghamshire postcode, and Lincolnshire (Grantham) STD code, the village is located in the postal county of Leicestershire and borders on to the estate of Belvoir Castle.
The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building, with a 13th-century tower at the west and chancel at the east, separated by a 14th-century nave and north aisle. A south aisle was added in 1869 by W. Thompson of Grantham.[1] The churchyard includes two listed table tombs.[2][3]
Knipton has a village hall, which was built as a Church of England primary school in 1850, and extended to the rear in 1868. The slate roof carries a tall spire on top of a louvred bell turret. The building has been Grade II listed since 1979,[4] and ceased to be used as a school in the late 20th century.[5]
Knipton Reservoir, which was built in the 1790s to supply water for the Grantham Canal, is situated to the west of the village.[6]
Manners Arms
The village public house is now the Manners Arms, named after the Duke of Rutland. Formerly it had been The Marquis of Granby, now long since closed, on the village street. The Manners Arms is housed in a late 18th-century brick building, known throughout its existence as the Red House, with three bays and two and a half storeys. It retains its slate roof and 19th-century plate glass sash windows and shutters, while internally it features an original closed string staircase with a ramped handrail and turned balusters.[7]
Originally part of one of the very few freehold pieces of land dating back to the Anglo-Saxon times and therefore not part of the Belvoir estate, the land was used for various purposes, including the site of a maltings and squatters cottages. The current building was built between 1774-1790 as a private home for Rev Robert Jones, the 5th Duke's Chaplain. On his death the house passed to his son and upon his death to his wife. Her son who was the estates clerk, mortgaged the building in 1802 for £350. Unable to service the debt, he sold the building and mortgage to the 5th Duke for £750. The house was modified in the late 1920s as the intended Dower house for Violet the 8th Duchess, but the Dowager decided to live at Eastwell Hall. The next plan was to subdivide the house into 5 flats, but this failed to materialise. When converted instead to a public house in the late 20th century, it was called the Red House Inn, but was renamed The Manners Arms in 2005 by the 11th Duke of Rutland in recognition of his family.
References
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (190013)". Images of England.
- ↑ Historic England. "Table tomb (190014)". Images of England.
- ↑ Historic England. "Table tomb (190015)". Images of England.
- ↑ Historic England. "Knipton primary school (190012)". Images of England.
- ↑ Knipton online - Village Hall
- ↑ Hadfield, Charles (1970). The Canals of the East Midlands. David and Charles. p. 61. ISBN 0-7153-4871-X.
- ↑ Historic England. "Red House Inn, Knipton (190017)". Images of England.
External links
Media related to Knipton at Wikimedia Commons- Knipton Village Hall
- Leicestershire villages
- Melton Online
- Knipton Online
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