English Heritage sites near Ullingswick Parish
EDVIN LOACH OLD CHURCH
7 miles from Ullingswick 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.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
8 miles from Ullingswick Parish
Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
LEIGH COURT BARN
12 miles from Ullingswick Parish
An outstanding display of English medieval carpentry, this mighty timber-framed barn is the largest cruck structure in Britain.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
13 miles from Ullingswick Parish
Delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries.
WITLEY COURT AND GARDENS
15 miles from Ullingswick 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.
WIGMORE CASTLE
16 miles from Ullingswick Parish
One of the most important castles in the history of the Welsh Marches and major centre of power for over 500 years, hosting royalty on several occasions. Deliberately demolished during the Civil War.
Churches in Ullingswick Parish
Ullingswick: St Luke
St Luke’s is a charming rural church, nestling quietly among fields, trees and historic farmhouses. It is a often used for weddings and much commended by visitors for its atmosphere, setting and upkeep. Those who like researching old churches will find much to reward a visit, a helpful information leaflet is available within the church for a small donation.
Ullingswick was an Anglo-Saxon settlement and likely to have had a church, although there is no mention of one in the Domesday Book. The present church dates from the 12th Century and bears the signs of additional work down the years to the 20th Century addition of the vestry north of the chancel.