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Millichope Park is a 19th-century country house in Munslow, Shropshire, England, some 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Church Stretton.

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The house was built in the Greek Revival style between 1835 and 1840 by architect Edward Haycock of Shrewsbury for Revd. Norgrave Pemberton, Rector of Church Stretton. Constructed of ashlar to a rectangular plan, it is a two-storey building with a five window frontage. The entrance is a pedimented portico supported by six Ionic pillars. The house is Grade II* listed and stands in 90 hectares (220 acres) of landscaped parkland. [1]

A memorial temple within the grounds is also Grade II* listed. Built by George Steurt, it has a leaden dome supported by eight Ionic pilasters. It is a memorial cenotaph to the More family. [2]

History

In 1544 the More family bought the manor of Lower Millichope. Thomas More, who inherited the estate in 1689, started the creation of the surrounding pleasure park. His daughter and heiress Catherine left the estate to her cousin Robert Pemberton, after which it descended to the Revd R. Norgrave Pemberton. He replaced the original house by the present one, leaving it in 1848 to his own cousin Charles Orlando Childe, who thereafter changed his surname to Childe Pemberton (and was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1859). The latter, after making improvements to the pleasure grounds, passed it to his son, who sold the estate in 1896 to Captain H.J. Beckwith, in whose family it thereafter descended. [3]

Lindsay Bury (senior) and his wife Diana (Moynet) brought up their children Frank and Nancy at Millichope. Frank went off to fight in the Second World War and was killed in the Normandy Landings. Lindsay senior then moved out of the house, believing that it was the end of it being a 'family home'. Between 1948 and 1962 the Hall was used by Shropshire County Council as a boys' secondary boarding (or 'camp') school, housing around 60 pupils. When the school lease expired Lindsay Bury (Jnr) decided to take the family home back in hand. In 1970 Lindsay and Sarah Bury extensively restored, remodeled and reduced the house in size: the parkland was also restored at the same time. In 1998 Lindsay Claude Neils Bury of Millichope Park served as High Sheriff of the county. [4]

The current owners, Frank and Antonia Bury, have undertaken a project to restore the rare 1830s curvilinear glasshouses on the estate. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "MILLICHOPE PARK INCLUDING TERRACE BALUSTRADE (1383365)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "TEMPLE 160 METRES EAST OF MILLICHOPE PARK (1383366)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "MILLICHOPE PARK (1001130)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Millichope and Apley Park Boarding Schools". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "UK: Rare Shropshire glasshouse to be restored to its former glory". Horti daily. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

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