Oundle an elegant town and home of a famous public school.
It has retained some fine stone buildings dating from the 17th and 18th century and has a graceful church.
The town is noted for its wide variety of specialist and antique shops.

Gardens
Prebendal Manor House Church Street, Nassington near, Oundle PE8 6QG
A Grade I Listed Building dating from the early-13th century surrounded by gardens. The recreated 14th century garden covers 5 acres - designed by Michael Brown. Prebendal Manor House information

Historic Houses
Lyveden New Bield, Oundle PE8 5AT
Lyveden New Bield (or Build) was begun in 1594 by the Sir Thomas Tresham as a garden lodge, a two storey building illustrating the Elizabethan love of symbolism. The abandoned building has around it the outlines of a formal garden, one of the oldest survi Lyveden New Bield information
Southwick Hall, Oundle PE8 5BL
A privately owned, stone-built manor house set in the valley of the River Nene. The origins of the house date back to the 14th century but has been considerably altered and extended up until the 19th century. Exhibition on Victorian and Edwardian Life. Southwick Hall information

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