Introduction
The house was possibly designed by Trubshaw. The area around the house has been modernised with hard landscaping, fountain and shrub planting. The kitchen garden walls are extant but there is a tarmac drive through the centre.
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Owners
Tarmac Group
- History
The house was built in about 1720, possibly by Trubshaw, for the Vernon family. In the mid-18th century, Portabello Tower was built as an eyecatcher, in celebration of Admiral Vernon's victory in the West Indies (1739). This tower replaced an earlier obelisk.
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- Features & Designations
Designations
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: Coach house, stable block, gate piers
- Grade: II
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: Conservatory
- Grade: II
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: Hilton Hall
- Grade: I
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: Portobello Tower
- Grade: II
Features
- Fountain
- Kitchen Garden
- Tower
- Description: There is a tower in memory of Admiral Vernon.
- Stable Block
- House (featured building)
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- Conservatory
- Glasshouse
- Description: There is also an iron-framed curvelinear glasshouse, dating to about 1820.
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- Key Information
Type
Landscape Park
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
House
Survival
Part: standing remains
Civil Parish
Hilton
- References
References
- Carter, G et al 1982. {Humphry Repton landscape gardener 1752-1818}, p.161. Humphry Repton landscape gardener 1752-1818
- Pevsner, N. {The Buildings of England: Staffordshire} (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974), p32. The Buildings of England: Staffordshire
- White, W. {A History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire} (Sheffield, 1851), ref: HCW Vernon Esq. A History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire
- Pitt, W. 1796.{A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Stafford ith observations on the means of its improvement}, p. 96. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Stafford with observations on the means of its improvement
- Shaw, S. {History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, Vol II} (London, 1801), p311-312. History and Antiquities of Staffordshire
- Larkcom, P. J., 'Moated Sites in South Staffordshire'. {Transactions of the South Staffordshire Archaeological & Historical Society}, 24 (1984 for 1982-3), 8-65 Moated Sites in South Staffordshire