Haughton Hall
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Haughton Hall is an early 18th century country house situated at Haughton Lane, Shifnal
, Shropshire
now converted for use as an hotel. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The de Haughton family owned land at Haughton under the Lord of the Manor of Shifnal as early as 1185. The estate passed to Sir John Charlton early in the 14th century and by the marriage of a Charlton heiress to Richard Moreton in early 16th century. The Moreton heiress Anne married Humphrey Brigges of Ernestry in 1587 and the Brigges Baronets
occupied the estate until the death of the last Baronet in 1767.
The present house was built in 1718 by Sir Humphrey Brigges Bt.MP, originally in red brick, with two storeys and attics and a seven bay frontage. After 1767 the estate was divided between three daughters and the Hall passed to George Townsend Brooke son of Elizabeth Brigges. He improved and enlarged the house between 1820–30, the external walls were stuccoed and two two-storey flanking wings were added.
Following the death of William John Brooke in action in World War I
the property passed to a nephew and was thereafter let out for various uses including briefly a school. Latterley it has been converted to an hotel.
Shifnal
Shifnal is a small market town in Shropshire, England. It forms part of The Wrekin constituency, and is about east of Telford. It has a railway station on the Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton Line and is near to the M54 motorway.-Early medieval time:...
, Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
now converted for use as an hotel. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The de Haughton family owned land at Haughton under the Lord of the Manor of Shifnal as early as 1185. The estate passed to Sir John Charlton early in the 14th century and by the marriage of a Charlton heiress to Richard Moreton in early 16th century. The Moreton heiress Anne married Humphrey Brigges of Ernestry in 1587 and the Brigges Baronets
Brigges Baronets
The Baronetcy of Brigges of Haughton was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 August 1641 for Moreton Brigges, of Haughton Hall, near Shifnal, Shropshire....
occupied the estate until the death of the last Baronet in 1767.
The present house was built in 1718 by Sir Humphrey Brigges Bt.MP, originally in red brick, with two storeys and attics and a seven bay frontage. After 1767 the estate was divided between three daughters and the Hall passed to George Townsend Brooke son of Elizabeth Brigges. He improved and enlarged the house between 1820–30, the external walls were stuccoed and two two-storey flanking wings were added.
Following the death of William John Brooke in action in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
the property passed to a nephew and was thereafter let out for various uses including briefly a school. Latterley it has been converted to an hotel.