Attingham Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Shropshire. In the 1780s, Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick, commissioned the architect George Steuart to design a new mansion. To create this grand house, Steuart designed a structure that encapsulated an existing property called Tern Hall entirely. The result is a house that some critics, including Simon Jenkins, have described as uncomfortably tall and almost barracks-like.
Before the mansion was built, the site was occupied by a village called Berwick Maviston, which was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village was occupied until the 1780s, when the newly created Baron Berwick built Attingham and removed the village from his land. The title of Baron Berwick is derived from the name of this village.
Today, the National Trust manages the 4,000-acre estate. Remnants of the old manor from the medieval period, including a moat and fish ponds, can still be seen. Visitors can see the imposing gatehouse and the picture gallery, which features a protective roof installed in 2013 to replace a previous design that suffered from leaks.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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