Morcott

The village name is an Old English derivation of "a cottage on the moor". The village is recorded as Morcote in the Domesday survey of 1086 and formed part of the king's manor of Barrowden. The village served the manorial interests of several different ownerships but passed to the Fydell Rowley family in the early 19th century. The Church of St Mary is the defining landmark in the village and is regarded as the most complete Norman church in Rutland. The historic origins of the village are associated with agriculture and have resulted in a legacy of good, stone built farmhouses, cottages and outbuildings. Although none of the surviving houses are believed to date from earlier than the 17th…

St Mary the Virgin, the parish church, is a Grade I listed building. The Norman church features a 'pancake' window on the west side, and a north arcade considered to be 'the best example of Norman work in the area'. In 2014 Rutland County Council cited additional buildings to those statutorily listed, 'as contributing to the character of the village' in the Morcott Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Proposal. but is now again a private house.