Ayston

Village and civil parish in Rutland, England

Human settlement in England

Rutland

Shire county

Rutland

Ceremonial county

Rutland

Region

East Midlands

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52°36′N 0°44′W / 52.60°N 0.73°W / 52.60; -0.73

Ayston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is about one mile (1.6 km) north-west of Uppingham, close to the junction of the A47 and A6003. The population of the village was less than 100 at the 2011 census and is included in the civil parish of Ridlington. The placename means Aethelstan's farm or settlement; the estate was granted to Aethelstan, a minister of Edward the Confessor, in 1046.

Ayston is part of Braunston & Belton ward which has one councillor on Rutland County Council.

The Grade II* listed St Mary the Virgin's Church came into the care of Churches Conservation Trust in April 2014.^[3]

Ayston Hall

Ayston Hall is a 19th-century, Grade II listed, two-storey house constructed of ashlar with a stone-tiled roof and a three-bay frontage.^[4] It stands in 2.4 acres (0.97 ha) of garden.

The house was built in 1807 by William Daniel Legg for George Fludyer.^[5] He had inherited the land from his widowed mother, the wife of Sir Samuel Fludyer, 1st Baronet. It became the seat of the Fludyer family and descended to the 5th and last baronet, Arthur John. On his death without an heir in 1922 the property passed to his nephew James Finch. In 2013 the house was on sale for £2.75 million.^[6]

References

^ "A vision of Britain through time". GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
^ "Rutland church to become 345th addition to our collection" CCT 9 April 2014
^ Historic England. "Ayston Hall (Grade II) (1073698)". National Heritage List for England.
^ Howard Colvin (1978). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840. John Murray. p. 511. ISBN 0-7195-3328-7.
^ "Ayston Hall-Pictures of House" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2013.