Dunton Hall, Curdworth
Description of this historic site
Dunton Hall, a three-storeyed house built during the Post Medieval period. It is situated 600m south west of Mullensgrove Farm.
Can you help?
Notes about this historic site
1 A regular 3 storeyed brick built house, c.1680. It is said to have been the home of Dr. Johnson’s maternal grandparents, Cornelius and Anne Ford. The house still retains 12 of the 13 hearths mentioned in old tax records.
2 The bake oven collapsed during restoration work.
3 There are records of a moat here.
4 There are no visible traces of a moat at this location.
5 Photograph.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
Add a comment about this page