Visit Warwick's Medieval Gem
The Lord Leycester Hospital is fully open
thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund Emergency Grant.
We have created a new guide and one-way route for visitors safety. Please be prepared to enter your name in the log and follow the recommended Government social distancing guidelines.
Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. with last tickets sold at 3 pm. Closed Mondays.
Call 01926 492797 if you need help.
The Brethren's Kitchen, our 500 year old Café is fully open.
The Brethren's Kitchen opens Tuesday -Sunday 10am - 4pm, closed on Mondays, except Bank Holidays.
Call 07307 621 877 if you want to make a reservation, although there is no need to book we would recommend booking for Sunday lunch.
In partnership with National Lottery Heritage Fund we are holding a Free Open Day with activities on October 29 from 10 am to 4 pm.
Christmas Hours
For 2020 we have elected to close the Lord Leycester Hospital Buildings and Gardens and Brethrens Cafe for the Christmas Holiday period from 21 December until 4 January 2021.
We will reopen on January 5 at 10:00 am
WE ARE CURRENTLY FULLY BOOKED FOR THE OPEN DAY (OCTOBER 29TH)
"The history is astonishing, and the fact that it's been in use continuously over many years, the link to veterans and the good work which is still going on is incredible and very worthy."
"I enjoyed everything so much, the entrance fee was worth every penny. A real treat for a history lover - authentic, special, and fascinating."
"It was like a step back in time ...so much history and architecture, well worth a visit ..."
"I enjoyed everything so much, the entrance fee was worth every penny. A real treat for a history lover - authentic, special, and fascinating."
"It was like a step back in time ...so much history and architecture, well worth a visit ..."
The Hospital is a historic group of medieval timber-framed buildings on Warwick High Street dating mainly from the late 14th Century. Of historic significance, they are the finest examples in Britain of medieval courtyard architecture.
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth I the buildings became, under the patronage of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a place of retirement for old warriors who had fought in the Elizabethan era wars. These soldiers are known to this day as the Brethren and, with the Master, still live within the walls of the building.
The Brethren’s Kitchen has been serving food for 500 years to Kings and Queens, Guildsmen, Tudor Earls, and Victorian literary and artistic figures.
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The beautiful, tranquil Master’s Garden, open all year, features a Victorian pineapple pit, a 2,000 year old “nilometer” used in ancient Egypt to measure the height of the Nile and a small thatched summer house favoured by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Visit the Guild Hall where the Guildsmen of Warwick met around the very same table that sits in the hall today six hundred years later; see the Chair specially built for James I for a three day Banquet at the Lord Leycester in 1617; and step back in time to the middle ages!
At the Lord Leycester, we want to ensure that our visitors have the best experience possible.
Please fill out our survey here so that we can continuously improve!
Please fill out our survey here so that we can continuously improve!
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