Packington Hall
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Mansion
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situated at Great Packington
Great Packington
Great Packington is a hamlet near Meriden, Warwickshire. It is the home of the Packington estate, including Packington Hall, Packington Old Hall and St James' Church, Great Packington.To the east of the park lies the hamlet of Outwoods....
, near Meriden
Meriden, West Midlands
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, Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, England
England
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the seat of the Earl of Aylesford
Earl of Aylesford
Earl of Aylesford, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1714 for the lawyer and politician Heneage Finch, 1st Baron Guernsey. He had already been created Baron Guernsey in the Peerage of England in 1703...
. It is a Grade II* listed building.
It was built in 1693 for Sir Clement Fisher
Fisher Baronets
There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Fisher, both in the Baronetage of England.The Fisher Baronetcy, of Packington Magna in the County of Warwick, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 December 1622 for Robert Fisher of Packington Hall, Great Packington,...
on whose death in 1729 the Packington estate passed to his daughter Mary, who married the Earl of Aylesford
Earl of Aylesford
Earl of Aylesford, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1714 for the lawyer and politician Heneage Finch, 1st Baron Guernsey. He had already been created Baron Guernsey in the Peerage of England in 1703...
, Heneage Finch
Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford
Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Lord Guernsey from 1714 to 1719....
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The Park was designed by Capability Brown
Capability Brown
Lancelot Brown , more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English landscape architect. He is remembered as "the last of the great English eighteenth-century artists to be accorded his due", and "England's greatest gardener". He designed over 170 parks, many of which still endure...
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In 1772, the house was much extended and improved in Palladian style to designs by architect Joseph Bonomi
Joseph Bonomi the Elder
Joseph Bonomi the Elder was an Italian architect and draughtsman notable for his activity in England.Born in Rome, he made his early reputation there, then moved to London in 1767....
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It was severely damaged by fire in 1979 but has since been fully restored.
The house is not generally open to the public but is available by arrangement for conferences and functions.
An earlier manor house
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
(Packington Old Hall
Packington Old Hall
Packington Old Hall is a 17th century manor house situated at Great Packington, near Meriden, Warwickshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.An original manor house was rebuilt in red brick in 1679 by the Fisher family....
) and an 18th century parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
St James' Church, Great Packington
St James' Church, Great Packington
St James' Church is an 18th century chapel situated in the grounds of Packington Hall, near Meriden, Warwickshire. It is a Grade I listed building....
stand on the estate.