Kinlet Hall is an 18th century English country house

English country house

The English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a London house. This allowed to them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country...

 at Kinlet

Kinlet

Kinlet is a civil parish of Shropshire, England. Most of the land within Kinlet, including Kinlet Church and Kinlet Hall, are the inheritance of the Childe family. The Hall had formerly been held by the Blount family and subsequently the Lacon family, and dates back to the Domesday Book...

, 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...

, England

England

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, now occupied by an independent day and residential school. It is a Grade I listed building.

The manor of Kinlet was held by the Brampton and Cornwall families until it passed via his maternal ancestors to Humphrey Blount (of the Sodington Hall

Sodington Hall

Sodington Hall is a small early 19th century country house at Mamble, Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.The manor of Sodington came to the Blount family in the 14th century when Walter Blount married Johanna de Sodington. The manor house occupied a moated site and was said to have...

 family) High Sheriff of Shropshire

High Sheriff of Shropshire

The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions...

 1461. It later passed to Rowland Lakyn (or Lacon), High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 in 1571, through the female line, and subsequently by the marriage of a Lacon daughter and heiress who married Sir William Childe.

The old manor house was replaced in 1727-9 by William Lacon Childe (d 1756). He commissioned architect Francis Smith of Warwick

Francis Smith of Warwick

Francis Smith of Warwick was an English master-builder and architect, much involved in the construction of country houses in the Midland counties of England...

 created the present Palladian style mansion. The brick built, east facing, three storey, seven bayed central block is flanked by single storey wings and two smaller detached two storey blocks: that to the north originally housing stables, that to the south the kitchens.

The Childe family were resident until the 20th century. During World War II

World War II

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the house was occupied by the United States Army and afterwards acquired for Moffats Independent School.