Normanton, Rutland

Normanton, Rutland

Coordinates: 52°38′38″N 0°37′19″W / 52.644°N 0.622°W / 52.644; -0.622

Normanton
Normanton church clouds.jpg
St Matthew's Church, now a museum
Normanton is located in Rutland
Normanton

 Normanton shown within Rutland
Area  1.125 sq mi (2.91 km2[1]
Population 26 2001 Census[2]
    - Density  23 /sq mi (8.9 /km2)
OS grid reference SK933060
    - London  82 miles (132 km) SSE 
Unitary authority Rutland
Shire county Rutland
Ceremonial county Rutland
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town OAKHAM
Postcode district LE15
Dialling code 01572
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament Rutland and Melton
List of places: UK • England • Rutland

Normanton is a village and civil parish on the eastern shore of Rutland Water in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.

Normanton Park was a seat of the Earls of Ancaster and an important centre of their estates. The stable block of their hall is now Normanton Park hotel. In the 18th century the village was cleared to make a park for the estate of the Heathcote family with the population mainly re-housed in Empingham.

In the 1970s much of the parish was flooded by the construction of the Rutland Water reservoir.

St Matthew's Church is a grade II listed building, built in classical style. The tower and the western portico were built by Thomas Cundy Jr between 1826 and 1829, based on the design of St John's, Smith Square in Westminster, while the nave and apse were constucted in 1911, by J. B. Gridley of London.[3] The building was once the private chapel for the Normanton Estate, but it was de-consecrated in 1970, and was to have been demolished as part of the reservoir construction, as its floor was below the proposed water level. Following a public outcry, the lower half was filled with stone and rubble, and a concrete cap constructed just below the level of the windows. An embankment was built around the church leaving it a prominent feature on the water's edge.[4] The structure now houses a museum recording the history of Rutland Water.

Normanton is the name of a ward of Rutland County Council, returning two councillors. The ward includes Edith Weston, Empingham, North Luffenham and South Luffenham

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