Attingham Park

Aerial view

Attingham Hall

Attingham Park is a property near Atcham , Shropshire .

It is now owned by the National Trust . Lord Berwick built Attingham Hall in 1785. The Tern flows through the facility and joins the Severn from the left to the south of the park .

history

kitchen

The area has been populated since the Bronze Age. Remains of a manor and a moat have been preserved from the time of the Norman conquest of England . A medieval village called Berwick Maviston is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.

In 1785, George Steuart, a student of James Wyatt , built the classical building on behalf of Lord Berwick. The journalist Simon Jenkins , chairman of the National Trust , criticized the facade was "exaggeratedly large, almost barrack-like". The landscaped garden was designed by Humphry Repton . At the beginning of the 19th century, the architect John Nash added a picture gallery for the 2nd Lord Berwick and the nearby Villa Cronkhill.

Attingham Park has been owned by the National Trust since 1947. However, the country estate is privately managed and is only open to the public a few days a year.

literature

• Simon Jenkins : England's Thousand Best Houses , 2003, Allen Lane, 2003. ISBN 0-7139-9596-3 .

Web links

Commons : Attingham Park  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Attingham Park in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/attingham-park/features/discover-the-mansion-at-attingham
2. ^ Attingham Park Estate: Cronkhill

Coordinates: 52 ° 41 ′ 18.4 "  N , 2 ° 40 ′ 5.9"  W.