Whittington Old Hall

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Whittington Old Hall is a 16th-century mansion house at Whittington, Staffordshire, England, [1] which has been subdivided into separate residential apartments. It is a Grade II* listed building. [2]

Whittington, Staffordshire village in Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Whittington is a village and civil parish which lies approximately 3 miles south east of Lichfield in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,591, increasing to 2,603 at the 2011 Census. The parish council is a joint one with Fisherwick. The Coventry Canal borders the village to the north and east.

Staffordshire County of England

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The house is believed to have been built by the Everard family during the Tudor period. The two-storey entrance front has four gables with dormers and four substantial irregular stone mullioned bays, one offset incorporating a porch.

Tudor period historical era in England coinciding with the rule of the Tudor dynasty

The Tudor period is the period between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period during the reign of Elizabeth I until 1603. The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England whose first monarch was Henry VII. In terms of the entire span, the historian John Guy (1988) argues that "England was economically healthier, more expansive, and more optimistic under the Tudors" than at any time in a thousand years.

The Astleys and the Dyotts followed as owners but after the Dyott family moved to nearby Freeford Hall, in 1836, the house was let out to a series of tenants. In 1889, the estate was purchased and occupied by architect and brewer Samuel Lipscomb Seckham, developer of Park Town, Oxford and Bletchley Park, and High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1890.

Freeford Hall

Freeford Manor is a privately owned 18th-century country house at Freeford, near Lichfield, Staffordshire. It is the home of the Dyott family and is a Grade II listed building.

Samuel Lipscomb Seckham British architect and judge

Samuel Lipscomb Seckham was an English Victorian architect, developer, magistrate and brewer.

Park Town, Oxford grade II listed road in the United kingdom

Park Town is a small residential area in central North Oxford, a suburb of Oxford, England. It was one of the earliest planned suburban developments in the area and most of the houses are Grade II listed.

Seckham extended and renovated the house, but following the death of his son Colonel Basset Thorne Seckham in 1926, the estate was sold off, and the house again passed through the hands of tenants.

In 1959, the neglected property was sold for redevelopment and was subdivided into several separate residential units.

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There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Lichfield in Staffordshire.

Whittington is a civil parish in the district of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It contains 20 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Whittington and Huddlesford and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings. In the parish is Whittington Barracks, and the listed buildings here are the keep, a garrison church, and two war memorials. The Coventry Canal and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal pass through the parish, and a bridge over each of these is listed. The other listed buildings are a church, a memorial in the churchyard, a former school, and another war memorial.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Whittington Old Hall". Daily Telegraph.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "WHITTINGTON OLD HALL (1038870)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 4 October 2014.

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