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Longthorpe Tower House, Northamptonshire

Longthorpe Tower House is a 14th-century three-storey tower in Longthorpe, Northamptonshire, in the Soke of Peterborough area of the county. The tower is best known for its English mediæval wall paintings, carried out around 1330, showing religious, secular and moral themes. The paintings were whitewashed over around the time of the Reformation and rediscovered in the 1940s. The building is in the care of English Heritage. It is within the council area of Peterborough.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1162040.

Place Type: Tower House
Historic County: Northamptonshire
Division of County: Soke of Peterborough
Lat, Long: 52.57084,-0.28686271
Grid Reference: TL 1620 9838
Council Area: Peterborough CA
Strategic Authority Area: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough SA
Police Area: Cambridgeshire PA

GBPN ID: 319576
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Longthorpe_Tower_House,_Northamptonshire_319576

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