Ingestre Hall

Description:This photograph was taken during the Ingestre Festival which was held to celebrate the 400th abnniversary of the building of the current Ingestre Hall.

In November 1907 King Edward VII visited Lord Shrewsbury. During his stay at Ingestre the King planted a tree a Cedrus Libani (Cedar of Lebanon) in an area near to the Hall which is known as The Mounts.

This view was taken adjacent to a Notice Board which provides information on the Kings Visit and points to the location of the tree. On the right is a glimpse of the tree which is still growing well. In the centre is the West Front of Ingestre Hall.

Ingestre Hall was built by Sir Walter Chetwynd in 1613. By the eighteenth century it had been acquired by the Talbots, who remodelled parts of the hall in the early 1800s. The Talbots became the Earls of Shrewsbury in 1856.

After a fire in 1882 John Birch was employed to restore the building.

Ingestre Hall remained in the hands of the same family until it was sold in 1960 to what is now Sandwell Council who use the Hall as a Residential Arts Centre and a venue for weddings, meetings and courses.

To view an earlier photograph of the young tree published by Alfred McCann, Uttoxeter, please access the Past Track Search Field and enter the Donor Reference Code: BM-37.