The red-framed Tudor secret

Pitchford Hall, located in the Shropshire countryside, isn't just an elaborate timber-framed Tudor manor with a Victorian service wing to the west. This E-shaped structure hides a secret far older than itself, going back to when the estate, initially owned by the de Pykeford family in 1284, was inhabited by crusaders. Interestingly, the present house wasn't built by the de Pykefords, but by Adam Ottley around 1560. Yet, a century and a half later, lies an ancient well filled with bitumen, 100 meters north of the hall.

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