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Oakley Hall

Oakley Hall is situated in magnificent countryside on the boundary of Shropshire and Staffordshire. The present Hall is a fine example of a Queen Anne mansion house and was built on the site of an older dwelling mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1085. Oakley Hall was the home of the Chetwode family until it was finally sold in 1919 Gardens Set in 100 acres of rolling parkland, the Hall commands superb views over the surrounding countryside and the gardens include wild areas in addition to the more formal parts. Oakley Hall is a privately owned family house and since it is not open to the general public it provides a perfect location for exclusive private or corporate functions. The main hall can accommodate 100 people comfortably and has excellent acoustics for concerts. Four double bedrooms are available for those attending functions. The secluded location and unspoilt landscape make Oakley an ideal setting for filming and photography. The surrounding countryside is rich in historical associations. St Mary’s Church at Mucklestone, in which parish the Hall stands, was erected in the 13th century and it was from the tower of this Church that Queen Margaret of Anjou observed the Battle of Blore Heath in 1459. This was a brilliant victory for the Yorkist faction in the Wars of the Roses and the blacksmith at Mucklestone was reputed to have shod the Queen’s horse back to front in order to disguise her escape…

Coleham Pumping Station

Two Renshaw beam engines of 1901 now restored to steam by members of Shrewsbury Steam Trust…

Combermere Abbey

Combermere Abbey, its large mere and 1000 acre park began as a Cistercian monastery, remodelled as a Tudor manor house and in 1820 as a Gothic house. Group tours include the restored Walled Gardens, The Glasshouse and Fruit Tree Maze. Excellent accommodation is available on the Estate…

Cound Hall

Queen Anne red brick Hall…

Hawkstone Hall & Gardens

The secret jewel of Shropshire, ‘home with a warm welcome’, ‘an experience of peace and beauty’. Set in the plains of north Shropshire, ancestral home of the Hill family 1556-1906…

Longner Hall

Designed by John Nash in 1803, Longner Hall is a Tudor Gothic style house set in a park landscaped by Humphry Repton. The home of one family for over 700 years. Longner’s principal rooms are adorned with plaster fan vaulting and stained glass…

Ludlow Castle

This magnificent ruin, the heart of Ludlow, a medieval market town, dates from 1086. Extended over the centuries to a fortified Royal Palace and seat of the government for the Council of Wales and the Marches; privately owned by the Earls of Powis since 1811. In Castle House, the Castle Tea Rooms serve fresh locally-sourced foods. The Beacon Rooms are available for corporate events, exhibitions and Civil weddings. Three self-catering holiday apartments (each for four persons), finished to the highest standards, are the ideal accommodation for a stay in Ludlow. Tel: 01584 873355/874465 for more details…

Mawley Hall

Built in 1730 and attributed to Francis Smith of Warwick, Mawley is set in 18th century landscaped parkland with extensive gardens and walks down to the River Rea. Magnificent plasterwork and a fine collection of English and Continental furniture and porcelain…

Preen Manor Gardens

Six acre garden on site of Cluniac monastery, with walled, terraced, wild, water, kitchen and chess gardens. 12th century monastic church…

Shipton Hall

Built around 1587 by Richard Lutwyche who gave the house to his daughter Elizabeth on her marriage to Thomas Mytton. Shipton remained in the Mytton family for the next 300 years. The house has been described as ‘an exquisite specimen of Elizabethan architecture set in a quaint old fashioned garden, the whole forming a picture which as regards both form and colour, satisfies the artistic sense of even the most fastidious’. The Georgian additions by Thomas F Pritchard include some elegant rococo interior decorations. There is some noteworthy Tudor and Jacobean panelling. Family home. In addition to the house visitors are welcome to explore the gardens, the dovecote and the parish church which dates back to Saxon times…