Site Of Park Hall

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• HER Number (PRN): 00869
• Site Name : Site Of Park Hall
• Monument Type:
  • Country House (16th century to First World War)
• Civil Parish:
  • Whittington , Oswestry, Shropshire
• Grid Reference: SJ 3082 3122
• Related Interventions:
  • 1967 field observation by the Ordnance Survey, ESA852
  • 2015 WB on Legacy to Oswestry 132kV Powerline by CPAT, ESA7412
• Brief Description: The site of a post medieval hall, burnt down in 1918.
• Description: Park Hall, a building of possibly C16/ C17 date, was burnt down in 1918 <1a>
  
  Area covered by modern development. OS FI 1967 <1>
  
  Area photographed in aerial survey in 2007. <3>
  
  Park Hall was handed over to the military for use at the outbreak of the First World War and an army camp was constructed in the grounds in 1915 (PRN 21713). The hall was destroyed by fire on Boxing Day 1918. <4>
  
  A figure of Neptune in the central panel of the dining room ceiling was of the highest standard and almost certainly not of local origin. <5>
  
  Description from Country Life, dated 1905. Purchased by Francis Charlton in 1717…when he bought the place, it had a summer house and a raised terrace, a pigeon house and a gatehouse; and there was a remarkable sun-dial, including not less than seven dials, on the terrace, dated 1578…These features were later sold/disappeared…The splendid plaster ceiling of the dining-room, with Neptune riding the waves, belongs to about this time, and is a very remarkable example of the skill probably of some Italian craftsmen. The carved mantel piece with double ionic columns and adornments, harmonises well with the rich paneling and the splendid old furniture of the room. <6>
• Record Type: Monument
• Sources:

  	Manuscript: Park Hall. c.1995. Park Hall Farm Education Pack - description of Park Hall 1905.
  (00)	Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00869.
  (01)	Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1976. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ33SW6. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ33SW6.
  (01a)	Volume: Anon. 1950. Shropshire Magazine. Shropshire Magazine. Vol 1. Sep, p46.
  (02)	Article in serial: Forrest H E. 1927/ 1928. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 4, Vol XI (=Vol 44). p83-104.
  (03)	Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2007-Sep-4. SA0707_108 to SA0707_109 (2 photos) Flight: 07_SA_07. Colour. Digital.
  (04)	Watching brief report: Watson S. 2015. Legacy to Oswestry 132kV Powerline: archaeological watching brief. CPAT Rep. 1324.
  (05)	Monograph: Mercer Eric. 2003. English Architecture to 1900: The Shropshire Experience. p.166.

• Tags:
  • Country House
• Related Places:
  • Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire (Civil Parish)
• For more information contact: Shropshire Council HER
• Date Created: 24/01/1977
• Date Last Edited: 31/01/2019 17:11:16