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The village is well-known for the mansion which overlooks Rutland Water . This great Palladian house was built in the 1690s by the second Earl Of Nottingham .

The church of the Holy Cross, adjacent to the mansion, is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust . It contains a moving 18th century memorial by Sir Francis Chantry to Lady Charlotte Finch.

The Old Smithy on the village green was used in advertisements for Cherry Blossom shoe polish in 1920s.