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Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, west of the centre of Leicester. The parish includes the hamlets of Botcheston and Newtown Unthank and a scattered settlement at Lindridge. ==Manors== At Lindridge about north of the town is a rectangular moat up to wide enclosing an area about by . In the 19th century it was temporarily drained and six early 14th century pottery vessels were found.〔 A building such as a manor house is likely to have stood on the island created by the moat. The moat is a scheduled monument.〔 There are records of a manor at Desford from at least the 15th century. The Old Hall or Old Manor House in Desford High Street is a gable-roofed building with an irregular front of four bays, dating from about 1600 or a few years thereafter.〔 It is built of brick in English bond with stone quoins〔 and has a timber frame.〔 The house has a two-storeyed porch〔 whose upper storey is jettied.〔 Attached to the house is an early 18th-century service wing built of brick in Flemish bond.〔 The Manor House and its attached buildings are Grade II * listed buildings.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Desford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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