The red-framed Tudor secret

Pitchford Hall, located in the Shropshire countryside, is an elaborate timber-framed Tudor manor with a Victorian service wing to the west. This E-shaped structure has a history that dates back to when Geoffrey de Pykeford, a crusader, was lord of the manor from 1272. While the manor house on the site has existed since around 1284, the present house was built by Adam Ottley around 1560.

Centuries after the hall was completed, a bitumen well was identified 100 metres north of the property. This bitumen or pitch was historically used for waterproofing the timbers of the house. The estate is also home to a 17th-century tree house in a large lime tree, which is one of the oldest in the world and was remodelled in a Gothic style during the 18th century.

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