Compton Wynyates

Compton Wynyates
Compton Wynyates, c. 1983
Location	Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire
Coordinates	52°04′26″N 1°31′07″W / 52.073980°N 1.518650°W / 52.073980; -1.518650
Architectural style(s)	Tudor
Owner	Marquess of Northampton
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Compton Wynyates
Designated	2 September 1952
Reference no.	1024349
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Compton Wynyates, Dovecote
Designated	2 September 1952
Reference no.	1024350
Location of Compton Wynyates in Warwickshire

Compton Wynyates is a Tudor country house in Warwickshire, England, a Grade I listed building. The Tudor period house is constructed of red brick and built around a central courtyard. It is castellated and turreted in parts. Following action in the Civil War, half timbered gables were added to replace damaged parts of the building.

The Compton family, who still live today in this private house, appear in records as resident on the site as early as 1204. The family continued to live in the manor house as knights and squires of the county until Sir Edmund Compton (who died c. 1493) decided, c. 1481, to build a new family home.^[1]