From the time the Priest’s House was built around 1500, it played a central part in community life as both a village hall and local inn, hosting visitors and village feasts on saints’ days.

Warden Abbey is the last fragment of a once great abbey, founded in 1135, now stranded in quiet fields, of which the landscape speaks of past Cistercian wealth.

This spectacular gatehouse was built in about 1580 in front of an older house. In 1586 Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned at Tixall. She was executed a month later.

Astley Castle has ground-breaking contemporary accommodation stitched into the ruined walls of an ancient moated site. This is one of Landmarks most popular properties.

With lodging rooms either side of a late-medieval hall, the New Inn was in use as an inn by 1478, today the open hall is ideal for dining and relaxation.

Wortham Manor is a beautiful medieval and Tudor house of the highest status, built by an aspiring gentleman. The North porch leading to the great hall has been dated to 1450.