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Hilton Hall

Hilton Hall is an 18th-century mansion house now in use as an Office and Business Centre at Hilton, near Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire. It is a Grade I listed building.

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History

The original manor house was commissioned by Sir Henry Swinnerton early in the 14th century. [1] In 1547 the marriage of Margaret Swynnerton to Henry Vernon of Sudbury, Derbyshire took place: both were members of an important recusant families. [1] The house and estate were inherited by Margaret in 1562, on the death of her father Humphrey Swynnerton, the deed being dated 8 May 1564, [2] and incorporated into the Vernon estates on her death in 1587. [1]

The house was altered, in early Georgian style, in the early 1720s by Henry Vernon, High Sheriff of Staffordshire. [3] It was substantially extended in the early 1830s, when a third storey was added to the main building, skilfully replicating the Georgian design and raising the 1720s' pediment with its coat of arms to the higher level; the moat was partly filled in and a lower extension created at the rear of the main house for kitchens and service facilities. The main block has giant corner pilasters capped by urns. [3]

The Vernon family erected an unusual hexagonal tower in the grounds, which they dedicated to the memory of Admiral Edward Vernon and his capture of Portobello, Panama from the Spanish in 1739. [1] The monument is Grade II listed. [4]

The family sold the estate in 1955 to Sidney Thomas Pickard [5] who then sold Hilton Hall and a small portion of land in 1958 to the nuns of the Order of St Joseph of Bordeaux. [6] The nuns sold the property in 1984 and between 1986 and 1999 it was occupied by Tarmac plc as a corporate headquarters. [7] It is now a commercial office and business centre. [8]

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Swynnerton is a civil parish in the Borough of Stafford, Staffordshire, England. It contains 62 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains villages including Swynnerton, Tittensor, Yarnfield, and Hanchurch, and the surrounding area. In the parish is the Trentham Estate, the area around the former Trentham Hall, most of which has been demolished. The remains of the hall, associated structures, and buildings in the garden and surrounding park are listed. Outside the estate, most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, the earlier of which are timber framed. The other listed buildings include churches and a chapel, items in churchyards, a country house and associated structures, buildings associated with a pumping station, bridges, and war memorials.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hilton Hall: History". Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. "The History of Parliament: Members 1509-1558 - Swynnerton, Humphrey (Author: A.D.K. Hawkyard)" . Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 Historic England. "Hilton Hall (1039174)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  4. Historic England. "The Portobello Tower (1374118)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. Owner's unsuccessful appeal against refusal of consent - "farming as a hobby" allegation. Vol. 170. Estates Gazette. 1957. p. 337. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  6. The Catholic Directory, Ecclesiastical Register and Almanac. 1969. p. 147.
  7. "Knight Frank markets Tarmac's Hilton Hall HQ". EGI. 29 June 1999.
  8. "Hilton Hall: About us" . Retrieved 6 May 2012.

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