Where is Yeaveley Preceptory?

Yeaveley Preceptory is in Derbyshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode DE6 2EU), in the parish of Cubley.

How do I get to Yeaveley Preceptory?

The nearest railway station is Alton Towers Car Park, about 9.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode DE6 2EU.

How do I get to Yeaveley Preceptory?

Drivers can navigate to postcode DE6 2EU. It sits within the Derbyshire Dales parliamentary constituency.

Gardens · East Midlands

Yeaveley Preceptory

In or near Alkmonton.

Yeaveley Preceptory — a garden in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
Nearest railway station: Alton Towers Car Park · 9.4 km

Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

Yeaveley Preceptory is located in Derbyshire with the postcode DE6 2EU. The nearest railway station is Alton Towers Car Park, which is 9.4 km away. Entry details are not specified, so please check ahead for accessibility information.

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Yeaveley Preceptory is a garden of interest in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Yeaveley Preceptory, also known as Stydd Preceptory, was a preceptory of the Knights Hospitaller, near the village of Yeaveley, in Derbyshire, England. It was around a mile west of the village, on the site of the current Stydd Hall. The Preceptory has been variously known as "Yeaveley Preceptory", "Yeaveley Bailiwick", "Yeaveley and Barrow Preceptory" and "Stydd Preceptory". Preceptories like this were founded in order to raise revenues to fund the Hospitallers' 12th- and 13th-century crusades to Jerusalem. The Preceptory's ruins are protected as a Grade I listed building; The moated site is protected as a scheduled monument; The 17th-century Stydd Hall built on the site is Grade II* listed.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

Description

Of the Preceptory buildings, only part of the Preceptory's chapel still remains; these ruins date from the early 13th century and are Grade I listed. The north wall of the chapel still stands to the former roof height, and retains three pointed-arch windows, and the remains of a further two adjacent. Remains inside the chapel include fluted columns, and, on the outside, carvings of human heads and oak leaves. Further remains of the other Preceptory buildings are buried, whilst parts of the foundations and stonework of part of the domestic buildings have been reused in Stydd Hall, which was later built on the site and sits in the centre of the moated enclosure; the current Hall was built in…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 52.9568, -1.7454
County: Derbyshire
District: Derbyshire Dales
Parish: Cubley
Postcode: DE6 2EU
Parliamentary constituency: Derbyshire Dales
Established: 1190
Nearest railway station: Alton Towers Car Park — 9.4 km

Sources

wikidata: Q7629303 (CC0)
wikipedia: Yeaveley Preceptory (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Yeaveley Preceptory?: Yeaveley Preceptory is in Derbyshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode DE6 2EU), in the parish of Cubley.
What is Yeaveley Preceptory?: Yeaveley Preceptory — a garden in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
How do I get to Yeaveley Preceptory?: The nearest railway station is Alton Towers Car Park, about 9.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode DE6 2EU.
When was Yeaveley Preceptory built?: Built or established in 1190.
How do I get to Yeaveley Preceptory?: Drivers can navigate to postcode DE6 2EU. It sits within the Derbyshire Dales parliamentary constituency.