Wolvey

Wolvey Hall is a Grade II listed 17th-century house remodelled in 1889 which stands in Hall Road, Wolvey. It is constructed of brick in two storeys with attics and a 6-bay frontage. A Roman Catholic chapel is attached and in the grounds is the ruined Jacobs Well, bearing a date of 1707. The current house was rebuilt in 1889 using material from an earlier house built in 1677 and also includes fragments from an even earlier building. In the mid-1700s the house was owned by the Arnold family, who could trace family ownership of the manor of Wolvey back to Sir Thomas de Wolvey (died 1315). It has been owned by the Coape-Arnolds since Georgeana, daughter of George Henry Arnold, married James Coape of Goldhanger, Essex in 1840. In 1891 Henry Fraser James Coape-Arnold, a catholic convert, built the chapel at the Hall which served the Catholic residents of the area until the early 1920s. The hall is currently in the possession of the Freeman family, with children Arabella and Theo by descent from Mary Freeman née Burbidge. == Governance ==

Wolvey is governed by a Parish Council made up of 7 Councillors serving on 4-year term, with a chairman and vice chairman selected by the council in May of each year for a 12 month term (currently Adrian Warwick). Wolvey is represented by Becky Maoudis in the Rugby Borough Council as part of the Woley and Shilton Ward, and is a represented in the Warwickshire County Council as part of the Fosse Division by the Wolvey Parish Council Chairman, Adrian Warwick. ==References==