- Rangemore
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 52.790
longitude= -1.735
official_name= Rangemore
shire_district=East Staffordshire
shire_county=Staffordshire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Burton
post_town= BURTON-ON-TRENT
postcode_district = DE13
postcode_area= DE
dial_code= 01283
os_grid_reference= SK182229
population=Rangemore is a village in the county borough of
East Staffordshire , situated approximately four miles south west of the town ofBurton upon Trent , on a ridge of high ground approximately one mile due west of the village ofTatenhill .Rangemore stands in
Needwood Forest , which is part of the National Forest.The parish church of Rangemore is All Saints, under the
Diocese of Lichfield . All Saints was built in 1866-7 to the designs of the great gothic architect,William Butterfield for Thomas Bass with a chancel by Bodley added in 1895.In 1860,
Michael Thomas Bass , head of Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton and his family moved into Rangemore Hall. Lord Burton reconstructed and extended the house inItalianate style in 1898. The grounds, which include a 2½ acre lake, were landscaped by SirJoseph Paxton (1803-1865). The Bass family sold the Hall in 1949.The
National Football Centre (NFC) of the English National Team is due to be finished at nearbyByrkley Lodge in 2010.
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