English Heritage sites near Stone Parish
WITLEY COURT AND GARDENS
8 miles from Stone Parish
A hundred years ago, Witley Court was one of England's great country houses, hosting many extravagant parties. Today it is a spectacular ruin, the result of a disastrous fire in 1937.
HALESOWEN ABBEY
9 miles from Stone Parish
Remains of abbey founded by King John in the 13th century.
LEIGH COURT BARN
14 miles from Stone Parish
An outstanding display of English medieval carpentry, this mighty timber-framed barn is the largest cruck structure in Britain.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
15 miles from Stone Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
EDVIN LOACH OLD CHURCH
16 miles from Stone Parish
The ruins of an 11th century and later church built within the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a Victorian church nearby. The site of hundreds of years of worship.
WHITE LADIES PRIORY
20 miles from Stone Parish
Ruins of the late 12th century church of a small nunnery of 'white ladies' or Augustinian Canonesses. Charles II hid nearby in 1651, before moving to Boscobel House.
Churches in Stone Parish
St Mary the Virgin, Stone
Stone Hill
Stone
Kidderminster
(01562) 822131
http://kidderminstereast.org.uk
St Mary's is a Grade II listed traditional stone faced country church with a congregation seating capacity of 130. The church, complete with a working bell tower and a traditional pipe organ, has a number of fine stained glass windows including one dedicated to Peter Collins, the racing driver, and one recording the many activities from the life at the recently closed church school.
There has been a church on the site since 1269 and following a fire the present church was built around the 1830s.
Pubs in Stone Parish
Hare & Hounds
Worcester Road,Shenstone, Shenstone, DY10 4BU
(01562) 777585
theoldhouseblakedown.co.uk/hare-hounds-s...
Plough
Shenstone Village, Shenstone, DY10 4DL
(01562) 777340
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