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Explore the Town Architectural & Historical Lord Leycester Hospital
Explore the Town Architectural & Historical Lord Leycester Hospital
Lord Leycester Hospital
In 1571 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (Leycester), founded a home for those wounded in the service of the Queen, and her successors, and this use continues to the present day.
The magnificent black & white Elizabethan style timbered buildings, galleried and richly gabled, were formerly used by the town guild.
The buildings include the Great Hall, where Fulke Greville once entertained James I, and has a superb medieval oak roof, the Guildhall (now a museum), and the Chaplain's Hall, now the Queen's Own Hussars, Regimental Museum.
Many TV and film productions have used this beautiful building as a location including the recent David Dimbleby series How We Built Britain.
There is also an excellent Tea Room (Brethrens Kitchen).
Address
High Street, Warwick
Telephone
+44 (0) 1926 491422
E-mail
Website
Car Park
On Site or Westgate
Opening Times
Summer: Tuesday-Sunday (and Bank Holiday Monday's) 10am-5pm
Winter: Tuesday-Sunday (and Bank Holiday Monday's) 10am-4.30pm
The Regimental Museum of the Queen's Own Hussars (housed in the Hospital) is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
The Hospital is closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day
The Master's Garden is open from Easter until the end of September
Winter: Tuesday-Sunday (and Bank Holiday Monday's) 10am-4.30pm
The Regimental Museum of the Queen's Own Hussars (housed in the Hospital) is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
The Hospital is closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day
The Master's Garden is open from Easter until the end of September
Admission
From £2 (Gardens) to £4.90
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