Shropshire Historic Houses

Attingham Park 

Elegant 18th-century mansion with Regency interiors and deer park. One of the great houses of the Midlands, Built in 1785 for the 1st Lord Berwick to the design of George Steuart and has a picture gallery by John Nash. The rooms contain collections of ambassadorial silver, Italian furniture and Grand Tour paintings. The park, landscaped by Repton, has attractive walks along the River Tern and a play area and environmental centre for children

Park  Shrewsbury SY4 4TN Tel: 01743 708 123  Email

Benthall Hall 

 

Dudmaston 

A late 17th century Country Manor House with intimate family rooms, containing fine furniture, Dutch flower paintings, watercolours and botanical art. Also has collection of interesting contemporary paintings and sculpture, pieces by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and many others. The gardens have a lake, with views to the Clee Hills, and are very colourful in the spring and include a walk in the Dingle, a wooded valley. There are also walks on the 300 acre estate

Marchamley, Shrewsbury  SY4 5LG  Tel: 01630 685242

Sunnycroft

 

A late Victorian gentleman's villa. Visitors can see a snap shot of midle class domestic life during then early 20th century.

 

200 Holyhead Road  Wellington  Telford  TF1 2DR   Tel: 01952  242884


Longner Hall

 

The home of the Burton family. The house, built in 1803, was designed by John Nash and replaces an earlier Elizabethan manor house on the same site. The house is built in the Tudor Gothic style and has fan vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows

 

Uffington, Shrewsbury  SY4 4TG  Tel: 01743 709215

 

Shipton Hall

Built in the 14th century by Richard Lutwyche. It is believed the house was given as a dowry when Richard's daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Mytton and it then remained in the ownership of the Mytton family for the next 300 years.

 

Shipton Hall  Much Wenlock TF13 6JZ  Tel: 01746 785225