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United in a single parish these two villages stand less than a mile apart on the North side of Newbury town, from which they are separated by the River Lambourn.
Both contain buildings of considerable interest including Shaw House and Donnington Castle. Shaw, linked to Newbury by modern housing, has its great house and church side by side. The former, is Elizabethan but the latter, although in a Norman style, dates only from 1842. It was mostly designed by Hansom (of cab fame) although the chancel, added in 1878, is by Butterfield. It replaced an earlier church from which the Norman font is preserved.
Also of interest at Shaw is the mill which was the scene in 1766, of bread riots.
Donnington village, although it has no church, is less scattered and developed than its neighbour and the older houses cluster together at the foot of the hill beside the bridge and below the castle.
Of great interest here is Donnington Hospital, set around a courtyard, it is a delightful group of almshouses with tall twisted chimneys that more than confirm the building date of 1602.
Nearby are other old and attractive cottages and larger houses that include the 18th century Castle
Both contain buildings of considerable interest including Shaw House and Donnington Castle. Shaw, linked to Newbury by modern housing, has its great house and church side by side. The former, is Elizabethan but the latter, although in a Norman style, dates only from 1842. It was mostly designed by Hansom (of cab fame) although the chancel, added in 1878, is by Butterfield. It replaced an earlier church from which the Norman font is preserved.
Also of interest at Shaw is the mill which was the scene in 1766, of bread riots.
Donnington village, although it has no church, is less scattered and developed than its neighbour and the older houses cluster together at the foot of the hill beside the bridge and below the castle.
Of great interest here is Donnington Hospital, set around a courtyard, it is a delightful group of almshouses with tall twisted chimneys that more than confirm the building date of 1602.
Nearby are other old and attractive cottages and larger houses that include the 18th century Castle
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