Historic houses · West Midlands
Aqualate Hall
Aqualate Hall — house in Forton, Stafford, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Aqualate Hall is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Forton, Stafford, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.7745°, -2.3372°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Aqualate Mere SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: AQUALATE MERE
- Ramsar wetland: Midland Meres & Mosses Phase 2
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Aqualate Hall, a 20th-century country house, is located in Forton, Staffordshire, England, some 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the market town of Newport, Shropshire and 10 miles (16 km) west of the county town of Stafford. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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Background
History
The site of the house may have been occupied in Roman times as two food vessels were found during drainage of the grounds. The first manor house on the site, built above the Aqualate Mere in the 16th century by Thomas Skrymsher Sir Thomas Boughey developed the house, grounds and associated village in the 1830s. The building was destroyed by fire on 28 November 1910. The present house, which incorporates some elements of the 17th-century house and of Nash's Gothic successor, was built between 1927 and 1930 by W. D. Caröe. An original range of gables by Nash joins the new house to an 18th-century stable block. During World War II the house was used an evacuation home. The grounds were used as…
Architecture
The square red brick building has clay tile roofs. It has a service wing on the east side. There is now no sign of the original formal gardens but the boundary of the deer park can still be identified. This contains plantations of oak trees.
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- Coordinates
- 52.7745, -2.3372
- County
- Staffordshire
- District
- Stafford
- Parish
- Forton
- Postcode
- TF10 9DB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Stafford
Sources
- wikidata: Q4782684 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Aqualate Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Aqualate Hall - geograph.org.uk - 566469.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Aqualate Hall?
- Aqualate Hall is in Staffordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode TF10 9DB), in the parish of Forton.
- Is Aqualate Hall a listed building?
- Aqualate Hall is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- Is Aqualate Hall a protected site?
- Yes — Aqualate Hall is part of the Aqualate Mere SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the AQUALATE MERE National Nature Reserve.
- How do I get to Aqualate Hall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TF10 9DB. It sits within the Stafford parliamentary constituency.