Postcard showing the entrance to Patshull Hall, Patshull

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Date:1902

Description:The Astley family owned the Manor of Patshull since the 15th Century, and in 1734 Sir John Astley commissioned James Gibbs to design a new mansion to the north of the earlier house. Gibbs designed the main block of the house, a Palladian villa of four storeys with detached wings. Francis Smith of Warwick, acted as the Clerk of Works. The work was later completed by William Baker of Audlem, in the 1750s.

In 1765, Sir John Astley sold the property to Sir George Pigot, former Governor of Madras, for one hundred thousand pounds. The house remained fairly unchanged until it was sold in 1848 to the Earls of Dartmouth, who remodelled the house to provide additional accommodation and a private suite for Lady Dartmouth.

After the death of the Earl of Dartmouth in 1958, the estate and farmland passed to the Crown in lieu of death duties. The house was used for many functions, including a rehabilitation centre and a school.

Since March 2001, the building has been acquired by Mr Timothy Reynolds of Patshull Hall Limited in order to sympathetically retore it to its former glory.

Patshull Hall is believed to be the largest Listed Building in the County of Staffordshire.

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Image courtesy of: Pattingham Local History and Civic Society

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Source: Pattingham Local History and Civic Society

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