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Open April to end September (part of ground floor only): Monday, Wednesday & Friday (closed Good Friday), 2-6pm. Garden: daily except Thursday & Sunday 2-6pm (closed Good Friday). Last admission 5.30pm.
Dogs allowed in car park only; Teas in Cromwellian Stables; no picnicking in grounds.
A medieval manor house founded by the de Greys, who had already settled here by the time of the Domesday Book.
After serving Edward III at Crecy, the 1st Lord de Grey was granted a licence to crenellate in 1347, and became of the original Knights of the Garter.
Most of the medieval fortifications are now in ruins, but the modest Tudor house built in the courtyard is still very much intact.
The Stapleton family who held Greys Court from 1724 until 1935 added an elegant classical drawing room in 1750.
Rebuilt in the 16th century on the site of a 14th century castle, it is a 3-gabled house, a mixture of brick, flint and stone and is set amid the remains of the courtyard walls and towers. The Great Tower and three smaller towers are all that remains of the Castle.
The interior has some fine 18th century plasterwork, perhaps by Robert of Oxford, a plain pine staircase, at the top of
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- Landmark