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== Notable buildings == [[File:Quorn Parish Church.jpg|right|thumb|St Bartholomew's Church]] The [[St Bartholomew's Church, Quorn|Church of St Bartholomew and Farnham Chapel]] is a [[Grade I]] listed building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/listed_buildings/church_of_st_bartholomew_and_farnham_chapel_church_lane_quorn |title=Church of St Bartholomew and Farnham Chapel, Church Lane, Quorn - Listed Buildings - Charnwood Borough Council |publisher=Charnwood.gov.uk |date=1966-06-01 |access-date=2013-07-26}}</ref> Quorn House, off Meeting Street, is a [[Grade II]] listed building, built in 1820, and was the seat of the Farnham family from c.1260 until 1993 when it was sold to fitness instructor [[Rosemary Conley]], whose business occupied the building until 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/listed_buildings/quorn_house_meeting_street_quorn|title=Quorn House, Meeting Street, Quorn - Listed Buildings - Charnwood Borough Council|website=Charnwood.gov.uk|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=1066 |title=History of Quorn House from an article dated 1953 - the Quorn Village On-line Museum |access-date=26 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227125433/http://www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=1066 |archive-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Quorn House and the surrounding 120 acres of parkland was then purchased by [[Tarmac (company)|Tarmac]], operators of [[Mountsorrel#Quarry|Mountsorrel Quarry]], who have used the building as office space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mountsorrel.tarmac.com/about-us/|title=About us | Mountsorrel Quarry|website=Mountsorrel.tarmac.com|access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref>
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