Loxley Hall is an early-19th-century country house near
Uttoxeter
Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town in the East Staffordshire district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is near to the Derbyshire county border. It is situated from Burton upon Trent, from Stafford, from Stoke-on-Trent, from De ...
,
Staffordshire, now occupied by a Staffordshire County Council special school for boys with learning difficulties. It is a
Grade II* listed building
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.
An early manor house on the site was owned by the Ferrers family and from the 14th century following the marriage of the Ferrers heiress, by a branch of the Kynnersley family (Sneyd-Kynnersley from 1815).
In the 18th century a substantial mansion was built on the site, the main entrance front to the south having eleven bays, the central three bays pedimented, and two storeys with dormers. The east wing was of five bays.
Alfred Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...
wrote the
Locksley Hall poems after a mansion of the same name in Staffordshire,
The Parliament of Man
''The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations'' is a book by Paul Kennedy that covers the history and evolution of the United Nations. The book's title is taken from Locksley Hall, a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson that ...
, by Paul Kennedy
Paul Michael Kennedy (born 17 June 1945) is a British historian specialising in the history of international relations, economic power and grand strategy. He has published prominent books on the history of British foreign policy and great pow ...
former country house of
Thomas Kynnersley.
In the early 19th century the house was remodelled and enlarged. A third storey under a hipped roof was added and the east wing was extended to seven bays.
See also
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Grade II* listed buildings in East Staffordshire
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of East Staffordshire in Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Mi ...
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Listed buildings in Uttoxeter Rural
External links
Images of England: Loxley Hall* ''Burkes History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1835) pp166–169. Sneyd-Kynnersley of Loxley Park
References
Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire
Uttoxeter
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