Introduction
Whitton Hall featured a garden containing a small, late 18th-century latticed wooden chinoiserie pagoda. On the hill opposite the Hall to the south was another 18th-century summerhouse.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
07974 689629Website
http://www.whittonhall.co.uk
- History
Period
18th Century
- Features & Designations
Features
- Country House (featured building)
- Description: Whitton Hall is an early Georgian house of red brick. It features a three-bay centre and gabled, two-bay wings. There are independent service wings at right angles to the left and right of the main house. The one on the right is structurally older than the house, while the one on the left features a weathervane dated 1756.
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- Pagoda
- Description: A lattice-fronted, chinoiserie pagoda lay in the grounds of the hall. It was dismantled in 1985.
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- Summerhouse
- Description: Another summerhouse sat on the hill opposite the hall to the south. It was derelict in the mid-1980s.
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- Key Information
Type
Garden
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century
Survival
Part: standing remains
Open to the public
Yes
Civil Parish
Westbury
- References
References
- Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. {The Buildings of England: Shropshire}, (London: Yale University Press, 2006) The Buildings of England: Shropshire
- Stamper, P.A. {Historic Parks and Gardens of Shropshire}, (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Books, 1996): 51. Historic Parks and Gardens of Shropshire
- {List of Historic Buildings: Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough}, Alberbury and Cardeston [etc] , (Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, 1986): 98-99. List of Historic Buildings: Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough