Downton Hall
Downton Hall is a country house in the village of Stanton Lacy near Ludlow in the English county of Shropshire . The house, which was built in the 18th century and is still privately owned today, was designated a Historic Building II * by English Heritage . Grade listed.
In 1731, Wredenhall Pearce inherited the property and had a country house built on it in 1733. The new house owned by William Smith Jr. of Warwick was designed, has three floors and on the front wall 12 yokes , of a balustrierten parapet surmounted. The house has a remarkable, circular entrance hall with Ionic columns and a honeysuckle frieze .
In 1781 Catherine Hall , daughter and heir to William Pearce Hall , married Sir Charles William Rouse-Boughton . In 1824 some improvements were made to the house, including a new front entrance, designed by architect Edward Haycock sn. , Which included a portico in the Doric style .
Sir Charles Henry Rouse-Boughton lived there in 1881 with his family and nine servants. After the death of this last baronet in 1963, his daughter, Miss MF Rouse-Boughton, continued to live in the manor.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Downton Hall . Heritage Gateway.
- ^ A b John Newman, Nikolaus Pevsner: Shropshire . 2005, p. 251.
- ^ Rouse-Boughton Family and Estate Papers . Ref. 6683. National Archives.
- ↑ 1881 Census . Ref. RG11 / 2613/37/5. Public Record Office.
- ↑ Michael Raven: A Guide to Shropshire . 2005.
Coordinates: 52 ° 24 ′ 33.8 " N , 2 ° 41 ′ 42.7" W.