Attingham Park
| Date | 28 March 2015 | ||
| Location | Atcham, Shropshire | SJ 54703 09962; 52.68543°N, 2.67152°W | |
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Richard Hill purchased what is now known as Attingham estate in 1700 and built Tern Hall mansion there. The estate was inherited by his nephew, whose son, Noel Hill, became the 1st Baron Berwick in 1784. On his father’s death, Noel embarked upon a programme of alterations. A new hall designed by architect George Steuart was built around the existing Tern Hall in 1783-85 and was given the name Attingham. Landscape gardener Thomas Leggett had created tree plantations in the 1770s and Humphry Repton was contracted in 1797 to improve the park’s landscaping. Attingham Park was left to the National Trust by the 8th Baron Berwick in 1947. The estate currently covers an area of 1600 hectares, half of its size in the early 19th century, and the main hall is a Grade 1 listed building. Further Reading Attingham Park (Historic England);
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Stables. The stable block is a Grade II* listed building.
Oculus
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Dining Room
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Greenhouse
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Rear entrance – the walled service yard
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Ionic capital
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Cedars of Lebanon. The trees were probably planted in 1802, and are unfortunately slowly dying.
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Stables entrance
Beautiful photos. This brought back memories, as I stayed here for two weeks in the seventies on a uni field studies course. One of our party had considerable keyboard skills and rocked the harpsichord with some mean tunes…the instrument was quickly removed by the authorities 🙂
Thanks, Iain. Very interesting that you stayed there. Any idea what the telephone with the Cyrillic characters around the centre of the dial is all about?
Love this series ,Stephen! Bravo!
Many thanks, Alina. Glad you liked them!
Nice monochrome photos – I love the first one – fine composed and nice dof…
Thanks, Truels!
Lovely series, Graham! I really like the telephone :))
Many thanks, Malin!
Really enjoyed the photos in this series. Hard to pick a favourite, but probably Stables, but then again… 🙂
Many thanks, Gail. Much appreciated.
Very beautiful post with all the details and clear,strong compositions
Thanks very much. Glad you liked the compositional element!
it’s interesting why the phone has Cyrillic letters on it? 🙂
beautiful details, Graham…
Many thanks again, Alexandra. And yes I was intrigued by the Cyrillic lettering and thought there must be some interesting story behind it connecting it with the history of the house. Unfortunately not, alas! as I discovered afterwards. It seems it was a fairly recent purchase from eBay and is used for visitors to listen to some recordings, although it wasn’t working when I was there.
Love one and four beautiful
Thank you. It was a great place to photograph.