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Hidden away on a sprawling countryside estate in Northamptonshire, the Fawsley Dower House was lived in by one of King Henry VII's knights and that's not the only fascinating part of its history. It is considered to be the first Tudor red brick building ever constructed in the county - and one of the first in the UK. Uninhabited for over 300 years, it fell into disrepair and was at risk of being lost. But now vital restoration work has been carried out which has secured it for future generations. The Dower House sits on the sprawling Fawsley estate, around three and a half miles south of Daventry. Fawsley was a royal manor as early as the 7th century, being the headquarters of administrative and ecclesiastical matters for 12 settlements and it was mentioned in The Domesday Book in 1086. The development of the estate, whose centrepiece is the Grade I listed Fawsley Hall, began in 1416 when Staffordshire lawyer Richard Knightley became lord of the manor.