![]() The Templar Chapel built c.1240; incorporated into a later building | |
Monastery information | |
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Other names | Rothley Temple |
Order | Knights Templar From 1313: Knights Hospitaller |
Established | c.1231 |
Disestablished | 1540 |
Mother house | from c.1371: Dalby Preceptory |
Site | |
Location | Rothley, Leicestershire |
Coordinates | 52°42′20″N 1°08′52″W / 52.7056°N 1.1478°W |
Visible remains | The Preceptory's chapel and part of the domestic buildings still remain as part of the Rothley Court Hotel.[1] |
Rothley Temple, or more correctly Rothley Preceptory, (pronounced /ˈroʊθli/ Rowth-Ley) was a preceptory (a religious establishment operated by certain orders of monastic knights) in the village of Rothley, Leicestershire, England, associated with both the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller.
The preceptory's chapel, constructed by the Knights Templar, is currently part of the Rothley Court Hotel.
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