was restored in 1880-81 by Edmund Francis Law and is a Grade II* listed building. The parish is part of the united benefice of The Knightley Parishes of the Church of England. Four of the chest tombs in the churchyard were separately listed as Grade II in 1987 (English Heritage ID 360661 and 360662). Badby House Badby House was built in 1826 by Charles William Watkins, whose arms are listed in Burke's General Armory (1884) as: Azure, a fess vair between three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys or. From 1964 Badby House had extensions carried out for use by passionist contemplative nuns, when it also became known as Our Lady of Passion Monastery. It was listed Grade II in January 1968, (English Heritage ID 360650). In 2009 the monastery additions were replaced with extensions suitable for its use as a care home, with comprehensive facilities dedicated to neurological illnesses and disorders. It now operates as Badby Park. Lantern House The Lantern House, an early 19th century building so named because of its octagonal tower shape, was completely restored and extended to provide modern living accommodation in 1981–82. Other houses There were 29 houses listed in 1987 under the Town and Country Planning Acts as having special architectural or historic importance. Many very valuable features in other buildings went unrecorded. The core of the village was designated a Conservation Area in 1993 by Daventry District Council. One of the 17th century cottages in the village was the only thatched youth hostel in England and Wales. After being closed in 2005, it was modernised. Originally built in 1686 in the same year as Stuart Cottage on the opposite side of the green overlooking the church, it is now a single-family residence and thatched again in 2012. The adjacent former warden's cottage was sold separately. Its old corrugated iron roof was replaced by thatch in 2009. A house in the conservation area, which had a deteriorating thatch covered with corrugated iron in the 1920-30s, was reclad with new corrugated iron sheeting in 2016, because the owners were not permitted to re-thatch using longer-lasting reed thatch instead of straw. Schools The first school in Badby was a charity school supported by the Knightleys of Fawsley and built in 1812 from a design by Wyatt in a Gothic and cruciform shape. Baker's states that the school was erected by the Lady Mary Knightley, daughter of John Baines