WALK the LANDSCAPE
Manor Houses and Country Parks
The Manor, Little Compton
Chastleton House
William Juxon (1582-1663), the man that Charles I chose to attend to him on the scaffold and to give him the last rites before his execution, retired to Little Compton in 1649 after losing his post as Bishop of London, but was later elected the 77th Archbishop of Canterbury.
Whilst in residence he remodelled the south of the manor providing the symmetrical facade seen today.
Built between 1607 and 1612 by Walter Jones, a lawyer,
and occupied by the family for almost 400 years.
In 1940s Mrs Irene Winmore-Jones told visitors “We lost our money in the war”, meaning the English Civil War (1625-1649) ! The family suffered for their resolute loyalty to the Stuart dynasty and as a result this unique house has survived in a time warp largely through lack of money.
Our walks will take us past these and other manor houses and there will be time to stop, to look and to discuss the history further.