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Downton Hall is a privately owned 18th-century
/ref> The house was built about 1733 by Wredenhall Pearce, who had inherited the estate in 1731. The new house, designed by William Smith Jr. of Warwick, of three storeys and with a twelve-bay frontage carrying a balustraded parapet, boasts an unusual circular entrance hall with
Downton Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...
at Stanton Lacy
Stanton Lacy is a small village and geographically large civil parish located in south Shropshire, England, north of Ludlow.
The River Corve flows through the parish, on its way south towards the River Teme, and passes immediately to the west o ...
, near Ludlow
Ludlow () is a market town in Shropshire, England. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and in relation to Wales. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road which bypasses the town. The t ...
, Shropshire. It is a Grade II* listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
. Heritage Gateway: architectural description of listed building/ref> The house was built about 1733 by Wredenhall Pearce, who had inherited the estate in 1731. The new house, designed by William Smith Jr. of Warwick, of three storeys and with a twelve-bay frontage carrying a balustraded parapet, boasts an unusual circular entrance hall with
Ionic columns
The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...
and a honeysuckle frieze.''Shropshire'' John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner (2005) p. 251
In 1781 Catherine Hall, daughter and heir of William Pearce Hall married Charles William Rouse-Boughton MP (see Boughton Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Boughton, later Rouse-Boughton family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain.
The Boughton Baronetcy, of Lawford in the County of Warwick, was crea ...
). Improvements to the house in 1824 included a new entrance front, designed by architect Edward Haycock, with a Doric style
The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...
portico.
Sir Charles Henry Rouse-Boughton was resident in 1881 with his family and nine domestic servants. Following the death of the last Baronet in 1963 his daughter Miss MF Rouse-Boughton continued to live at the Hall.''A Guide to Shropshire'' Michael Raven (2005)
See also
*Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Council (A–G)
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This article comprises a list of these buildings in the county of Shropshire Council.
List
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* Listed buildings in Stanton Lacy
References
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