The Nethersole Centre, formerly the Nethersole School, was built in 1818 by the Sir Francis Nethersole Foundation on the site a single storey, thatch-roofed school building, built sometime in the 1630s. Part of the proceeds from the tithes collected in the Tithe Barn were used for the upkeep of the original school building.
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Bramcote Hall lies to the north of Polesworth. Evidence exists of a hall or manor house having existed on the site since Saxon times, although the present building dates from the mid-18th Century. Now largely in ruins, the hall is in private ownership and public access is not allowed. In 1577, the famous 16th Century chronicler, Raphael Hollinshead, wrote his Chronicles of England, Ireland and Scotland while employed as a steward at Bramcote Hall. Hollinshead's work is believed to have provided inspiration for William Shakespeare's history plays and it has even been suggested that Shakespeare may have been a page at Polesworth Hall during his youth.
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Pooley Hall stands on the western ridge overlooking Polesworth. Once the site of a Saxon hall, there is evidence of continuous occupation of the spot since the early 12th Century. The present hall, built in 1508/09 by Sir Thomas Cockayne, is one of the earliest examples, in this area, of the use of brick as a building material (Pooley Hall and Wormleighton Manor in South Warwickshire are the only surviving examples of pre-1550 brickwork buildings in the county). Sir Thomas was buried at Ashbourne Church, Derbyshire, where his epitaph tells of the building of Pooley Hall and its deer park.
The Hall is in private ownership and there is no public access.
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The Obelisk seen on the hill top alongside Grendon Road once marked the site of St. Leonard's Chapel, which lay between the Coventry Canal and Grendon Road. The monument was moved to its present position when the railway cutting was made in 1847.
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