Hagley Hall (Hagley Park)

Near Rugeley

Staffordshire

England

Circa Date: 1636 w/18th century additions and alterations

Status: Destroyed

Demolished slowly between 1920 and 1980; housing development on site today.

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

House & Family History: During World War I the house served as an Officers' Training Corps center. In 1919 Hagley Hall was sold to the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, who demolished most of the house over a period of several years. The greatly-reduced-in-size house was purchased in 1967 by Rugeley Council, who used the building as arts center until the site was completely developed for housing in the 1980s.
Architect: James Wyatt

Date of Birth: 1746
Date of Death: 1813
Nationality: British
Notes: One of the most important 18th century British architects, James Wyatt was born in Staffordshire in 1746 and received significant recognition in 1770 for the Pantheon (now destroyed), a theater on Regent Street that was modeled after the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Wyatt's interiors at Heavingham Hall in Suffolk are among his most significant designs, but his most famous work was Fonthill Abbey, the Gothick extravaganza he created for William Beckford in the Wiltshire countryside. He also began the Wyatt dynasty of architects, the most notable member of whom was probably his nephew, Jeffry Wyatt (later Wyatville).

Date: 1771
Designed: Octagonal Drawing Room for Assheton Curzon

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Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Reference: pg. 758, 1114
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Demolished

Park Listed: Destroyed
Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSES: SEATED AT 17TH CENTURY HOUSE: Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon, 1752-1820; The Hon. Robert Curzon, 1820-63.

Current Ownership Type: Demolished

Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No

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