Introduction
Stanley Hall is set above the west bank of the Severn in Astley Abbots. The hall was surrounded by parkland, which extended for over a half mile south and north-west of the hall. Carriage drives ran through the park, and there was a lodge at its southern end by 1882.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
- Features & Designations
Features
- Drive
- Description: Carriage drives ran through the park toward Stanley Hall.
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- Gate Lodge
- Description: There was an entrance lodge at the southern end of the park.
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- Manor House (featured building)
- Description: Stanley Hall is a Jacobean house of red sandstone and brick. It features plain gables, mullioned and transomed windows, and an entrance porch. There is a stable wing of the 18th century to the right of the entrance. A large addition of 1816 was pulled down in the mid-20th century.
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- Key Information
Type
Landscape Park
Principal Building
Manor House
Survival
Part: standing remains
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Astley Abbotts
- References
References
- {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch}, Shropshire, LI.SE, LVIII.NE, (Southampton: Ordnance Survey, 1888, 1891)
- Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. {The Buildings of England: Shropshire}, (London: Yale University Press, 2006)
- Viator, A. {Guide to the View from Brimstree Hill}, (Shifnal, 1858): 11.