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England

Whitmore Hall (Whitmore Park)

Whitmore, near Newcastle-under-Lyme

Staffordshire

England

Circa Date: 1676 core, incorporating earlier fragments, w/18th, 19th & 20th century alterations

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: By Appointment

Country House: Yes

The house from a 1908 postcard

  • Earlier Houses: There was almost certainly at least one earlier house on the site of the current house.

  • Garden & Outbuildings: The grounds include a lime avenue leading to the house and an early Victorian garden house. The late Elizabethan stableblock is a rare of example of its kind.

  • Architect: William Baker

    Date: Circa 1756
    Designed: Alterations to house for Edward Mainwaring
    (Attribution of this work is uncertain)
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    Architect: Unknown (designed by an unknown architect)

    Date: Late 16th century
    Designed: Stableblock

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  • Country Life: G. Nares in CXXI, 1144, 1957.

  • Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
    Author: Colvin, Howard
    Year Published: 1995
    Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
    ISBN: 0300072074
    Book Type: Softback

  • House Listed: Grade I

    Park Listed: Not Listed

  • Current Seat / Home of: Guy Cavenagh-Mainwaring; Cavenagh-Mainwaring family here since the 12th century.

    Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSES: Richard the Forester, 11th century. William Boterel, early 13th century. SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSE: Edward Mainwaring, 18th century.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

  • House Open to Public: By Appointment

    Phone: 01782-680-478

    Fax: 01782-680-906

    Email: [email protected]

    Website: https://www.whitmorehall.co.uk/

    Historic Houses Member: No

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