West Wycombe Park is a country house built between 1740 and 1800 near the village of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It was conceived as a pleasure palace for the 18th-century libertine and dilettante Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet. The house is a long rectangle with four façades that are columned and pedimented, three theatrically so. The house encapsulates the entire progression of British 18th-century architecture from early idiosyncratic Palladian to the Neoclassical, although anomalies in its design make it architecturally unique. The mansion is set within an 18th-century landscaped park containing many small temples and follies, which act as satellites to the greater temple, the house.
Cleobury Mortimer is a market town and civil parish in southeastern Shropshire, England, which had a population of 3,036 at the 2011 census. Hugh de Mortimer was granted a market charter by Henry III in 1226, and then 'in perpetuity' in 1227. The town is usually referred to simply as 'Cleobury'. Several pronunciations of the town's name are in use. In Cleobury itself is commonly used, while in surrounding areas variations such as and are used.
Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres (400 ha) of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Wolverhampton, and 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Telford, close to the border with Shropshire. The 17th-century Hall is a Grade I listed building and several other features of the estate, such as the Orangery and the Stable block, are separately listed as Grade II.
The A4117 is a single-carriageway 'A road' in western England, largely in Shropshire, which passes through part of the Wyre Forest and Clee Hills.
Kinlet is a small village and civil parish in the south-east of the county of Shropshire, England. The parish is on the northern edge of the Wyre Forest and is in the Bridgnorth District of Shropshire. The parish incorporates the hamlets of Kinlet Village, Button Bridge and Button Oak. Kinlet is located 18 miles (29 km) south of Telford, the main town in Shropshire and 23 miles (37 km) west of Birmingham.
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Blount, both in the Baronetage of England. Both creations are extinct.
Churche's Mansion is a timber-framed, black-and-white Elizabethan mansion house at the eastern end of Hospital Street in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The Grade I listed building dates from 1577, and is one of the very few to have survived the Great Fire of Nantwich in 1583.
Oakley Hall is an early 18th century 14,929 sf mansion house at Mucklestone, near to Market Drayton, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Sodington Hall is an early 19th-century country house in the parish of Mamble in Worcestershire, England. The Grade II listed building was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "neat and modest" and by James Lees-Milne in the Shell Worcestershire Guide as a "red brick dolls house".
Tyttenhanger House is a 17th-century country mansion, now converted into commercial offices, at Tyttenhanger, near St Albans, Hertfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
Kinlet Hall is an 18th-century, 33,609 square feet (3,122.4 m2) English country house at Kinlet, Shropshire, England, now occupied by an independent day and residential school. It is a Grade I listed building and its design was inspired by Villa Pisani, Montagnana.
Haughton Hall is an early 18th-century country house situated at Haughton Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire, England now converted for use as a hotel. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Downton Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house at Stanton Lacy, near Ludlow, Shropshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Acton Reynald Hall is a 19th-century country house at Acton Reynald, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Biddick Hall is a small privately owned 18th-century country mansion at Bournmoor, County Durham, near the City of Sunderland and Chester-le-Street. It is a Grade I listed building and the home of the Lambton family.
St Mary's Church is on Church Street, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ludlow, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. Its benefice is united with those of six local parishes to form the Cleobury Benefice. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is notable for its shingled twisted spire.
Lacon Childe School is a mixed secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds, located in Cleobury Mortimer in the English county of Shropshire.
Aldenham Park is a late 17th-century country house in Morville, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England which stands in 12 hectares of parkland. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Cleobury Mortimer is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 77 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, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the market town of Cleobury Mortimer and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are in the town, a high proportion of them along its main street named Ludlow Road, then High Street, Church Street, and Lower Street. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, cottages, shops and public houses, the others including a church and items in the churchyard, former schools, the remains of a wayside cross, a mounting block, a bank, a civic hall, a former toll house, a horse trough and drinking fountain, a war memorial, and two telephone kiosks. Outside the town, the listed buildings include a country house and its stable block, farmhouses, a milestone, and a bridge.
Elizabeth Anne Mould de Sodington Blount, Lady de Sodington Blount born Elizabeth Anne Mould Williams lastly Elizabeth Anne Mould Morgan was an English pamphlet writer and social activist. She led a society who believed in a flat earth. She conducted convincing, but flawed, experiments to prove this.
