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Harlowbury Chapel
Heritage Open Day: See Harlow's oldest building. A Norman chapel built in 1180 in the grounds of Harlowbury Manor. On the site of an earlier saxon building. Harlowbury Chapel is situated in the grounds of Harlowbury Manor. It was built in 1180 with brick buttressed flint walls, a fine crown post roof, and Norman arched doors and windows. The Chapel is on the site of an earlier building, carbon-dated to approximately 750. The nearby house has been dated by dendrochronology to around 1221.
The estates at Harlowbury were gifted to the abbots of Bury St Edmunds in 1041 by a Saxon thane, Thurstan. The chapel was built by Abbot Samson and served to allow the abbots to offer prayer when travelling to London. The house, which is not open, was built by abbot Hugh. The chapel and front gardens of the manor house are open. Historical information will be on display with publications available for purchase.
Thu 12 Sep:1300-1700; Free Entry.
Harlowbury Manor, Old Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 0HE
Thu 12 September