Introduction
Maps from the mid-18th to the 19th centuries show gardens and grounds attached to Brand Hall, which was built in the early-18th century.
- History
Period
18th Century
- Features & Designations
Features
- Country House (featured building)
- Description: Brand Hall is a house of seven bays and two storeys, constructed primarily of red brick, but with stone quoins and window surrounds. The pediment of the main entrance stands on giant pilasters. There are lower one-bay wings to the left and right of hte front facade, and remnant archways are indicative a former walled forecourt. (Pevsner, N. The Buildings of England: Shropshire, [1974], pp.78-79.)
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Stable Block
- Description: There are stables to the left of the front facade.
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century
Survival
Extant
Civil Parish
Norton in Hales
- References
References
- Newman, J. and Pevenser, N. {The Buildings of England: Shropshire}, (London: Yale University Press, 2006) The Buildings of England: Shropshire
- Greenwood, C. and J. {Map of the County of Shropshire}, (London: Greenwood and Co., 1827) Map of the County of Shropshire, 1827
- Rocque, J. {Map of Shropshire}, (1752) Map of Shropshire, 1752
- {Ordnance Survey One Inch Map, Shropshire}, LXXIII.NE, (London: Ordnance Survey, 1833) Ordnance Survey One Inch Map, Shropshire