Introduction
Mere New Hall has a parkland which once included formal gardens designed by Thomas Hayton Mawson. Only portions of the terrace walls remain and the site is currently a golf course.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Owners
Mere Golf and Country Club
- History
The history of Mere New Hall is linked with that of Mere Old Hall in Cheshire because they were owned by the same family, the Brooke's.
Mere New Hall was built in 1834 after the Old Hall became too small and old fashioned. In 1914 the family moved back to Old Hall however because New Hall had become too big.
In the mid 1930s the house and grounds became the Mere Golf and Country Club.
Part of the main block of the house was destroyed by fire in 1975.
Period
Victorian (1837-1901)
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Features
- Great House (featured building)
- Description: A red brick Elizabethan style house built to the designs of Thomas Johnson of Lichfield.
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- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Recreational/sport
Principal Building
Commercial
Period
Victorian (1837-1901)
Survival
Extant
Hectares
58.4
Civil Parish
Mere